As others have posted, there are ways to generate extra neutrons, e.g. with Lithium-7 or Berillium, but many are skeptical of the practicality. It adds more massive technical challenges to the still unsolved problem of net energy. Best case, it's hard to imagine these technologies coming of age in the next few decades.
You may be interested in Helion's approach of fusing Deuterium and Helium-3. Helium-3 is also rare, but can be produced in a similar manner from D-D fusion. The D-H3 fusion avoids many of the other challenges associated with managing and extracting energy from high-energy neutrons.
But fewer challenges is not none, and I wouldn't count on any of this bailing out our energy crisis. Modular fission makes a lot more sense for this purpose.
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Reply to How do fusion scientists expect to produce enough Tritium to sustain D-T fusion (see text)? by DanTheTerrible
As others have posted, there are ways to generate extra neutrons, e.g. with Lithium-7 or Berillium, but many are skeptical of the practicality. It adds more massive technical challenges to the still unsolved problem of net energy. Best case, it's hard to imagine these technologies coming of age in the next few decades.
You may be interested in Helion's approach of fusing Deuterium and Helium-3. Helium-3 is also rare, but can be produced in a similar manner from D-D fusion. The D-H3 fusion avoids many of the other challenges associated with managing and extracting energy from high-energy neutrons.
But fewer challenges is not none, and I wouldn't count on any of this bailing out our energy crisis. Modular fission makes a lot more sense for this purpose.