Aneutronic Fusion

Aneutronic Fusion
Research Cost: 75000
Summary
Breakthroughs in aneutronic fusion reactions make our reactors more fuel- and cost-efficient than ever before.
Description
Successive generations of fusion technologies have lifted us far above the gravity well of our home planet, and enabled us to reach - and exploit - neighboring worlds. Thanks to deuterium-helium-3 fusion, the gulf between us and them has grown ever-smaller. However, deuterium is ultimately too scarce a fuel source to indefinitely sustain our expansion into space. By building upon our understanding of deuterium-helium-3 fusion, our researchers have made a significant breakthrough - sustainable aneutronic fusion reaction, with strikingly low fuel costs. The fusion of a proton and boron, and that of hydrogen and lithium-6, are the keys. Even despite their higher ignition temperature, both protons and boron are far more abundant in the Solar System than deuterium. Our latest solid energy collectors can in addition harness this reaction efficiently, as they lose no energy to neutron radiation - all energy is instead released as electromagnetic radiation. This new breed of fusion reactor will create more power at lower costs, and with less shielding required, thus paving the way to larger habitats and stations, and sleeker ships with more powerful drives. Yet, this is just the beginning of our quest to harness the power of the stars themselves.
Full List of Prerequisites. Name Type Cost Deuterium-Tritium Fusion 50000 Deuterium-Helium-3 Fusion 75000 High-Energy Lasers 1000 High-Temperature Superconductors 40000 Magnetic Force Manipulation 2500 Advanced Electromagnetism 1000 Photonic Computing 1500 Superconducting Magnets 10000 Neutronics 15000 Advanced Carbon Manipulation 1000 Nuclear Fusion Methodologies 50000 Superalloys 5000 Advanced Hydrogen Containment 20000 Advanced Atomic Manipulation 10000 Deuterium-Deuterium Fusion 75000 Advanced Heat Management Concepts 2500 Advanced Neural Networks 5000 Carbon Nanotubes 3500 Particle Beams 5000 Advanced Superconductors 3500 Mission To Space 250 Deep Space Propulsion Concepts 1000 Vacuum Electrostatic Principles 1000 Nuclear Fission In Space 2500
Total Research Cost (including itself)
	285500		6500
	0		108000
	0		0
	56250	Total	456250
Direct Prerequisite For
Techs		Projects
Proton-Proton Fusion		(100%)Z-Pinch Fusion Reactor IV • (100%)Hybrid Confinement Fusion Reactor IV • (100%)Inertial Confinement Fusion Reactor IV • (100%)Heavy Fusion Pile
Effects
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The Economy priority increases per capita GDP in a nation by an additional 2%
Quote
"Our technology is but a mirror of ourselves. When we reach for fusion - the power of the sun - we reach for the light that guides our path through the darkness." Superior Judith Howell, The Servants from Seeing The Light Podcast
Notes
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