The Focus Fusion Society Forums Aneutronic Fusion Confinement Reply To: Energy Output – MW & GW

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“Aneutronic” refers to the nature of the fusion reaction, namely that it produces no (or, more accurately, very few) neutrons. This characteristic is in principle orthogonal to the method used to get the nuclei to fuse (although aneutronic reactions generally require higher energies to cause fusion).

(This is all my understanding — someone else may be able to correct any errors I’ve made.)