Editing Fusor (section)

=== Neutron source ===

The fusor has been demonstrated as a viable [[neutron source]]. Typical fusors cannot reach fluxes as high as [[nuclear reactor]] or [[particle accelerator]] sources, but are sufficient for many uses. Importantly, the [[neutron generator]] easily sits on a benchtop, and can be turned off at the flick of a switch. A commercial fusor was developed as a non-core business within [[DaimlerChrysler Aerospace]] – Space Infrastructure, Bremen between 1996 and early 2001.<ref name ="DC" >{{cite journal|pmid=11003520 | volume=53 | issue=4–5 | title=The IEC star-mode fusion neutron source for NAA--status and next-step designs |date=October 2000 | journal=Appl Radiat Isot | pages=779–83| last1=Miley | first1=G. H. | last2=Sved | first2=J | doi=10.1016/s0969-8043(00)00215-3| bibcode=2000AppRI..53..779M }}</ref>  After the project was effectively ended, the former project manager established a company which is called NSD-Fusion.<ref name="nsd-fusion.com"/>  To date, the highest neutron flux achieved by a fusor-like device has been 3 × 10<sup>11</sup> neutrons per second with the deuterium-deuterium fusion reaction.<ref name="May 1, 2013"/>