tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post1634758077837622475..comments2024-03-29T09:05:29.819-04:00Comments on Chemjobber: Helium-3 for potential quantum computing Chemjobberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15932113680515602275noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post-29309001531883457602022-01-05T16:55:59.402-05:002022-01-05T16:55:59.402-05:00It is a decay product of tritium, modern nukes nee...It is a decay product of tritium, modern nukes need about 1g of T2 mixed with D2 to work properly (boosting triples the yield of fission primary) and it is stored separately in a little pressure bottle inside the nuke. As tritium has halflife about 10 years, it needs to be replaced after certain time, and recycled, 3He is the byproduct. But there is not enough of tritium in nukes to cover 3H demand. You can make T by irradiating Li or D in reactor, and the unique advantage of CANDU reactors for this is that they are moderated with D2O so they generate tritium naturally in the moderator, and they accumulate 3He over timemilkshakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08188961610554710616noreply@blogger.com