Editing Fusion power (section)

=== Power production ===
Neutron blankets absorb neutrons, which heats the blanket. Power can be extracted from the blanket in various ways:

* [[Steam turbine]]s can be driven by heat transferred into a [[working fluid]] that turns into steam, driving electric generators.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Ishiyama|first1=Shintaro|last2=Muto|first2=Yasushi|last3=Kato|first3=Yasuyoshi|last4=Nishio|first4=Satoshi|last5=Hayashi|first5=Takumi|last6=Nomoto|first6=Yasunobu|date=March 1, 2008|title=Study of steam, helium and supercritical CO2 turbine power generations in prototype fusion power reactor|url=http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0149197007001552|journal=Progress in Nuclear Energy |language=en|volume=50|issue=2|pages=325–332|doi=10.1016/j.pnucene.2007.11.078|issn=0149-1970}}</ref>
* Neutron blankets: These neutrons can regenerate spent fission fuel.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Anklam |first1=T. |last2=Simon |first2=A. J. |last3=Powers |first3=S. |last4=Meier |first4=W. R. |date=December 2, 2010 |title=LIFE: The Case for Early Commercialization of Fusion Energy |url=https://e-reports-ext.llnl.gov/pdf/459730.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150904055903/https://e-reports-ext.llnl.gov/pdf/459730.pdf |archive-date=September 4, 2015 |access-date=October 30, 2014 |publisher=Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, LLNL-JRNL-463536}}</ref> Tritium can be produced using a breeder blanket of liquid lithium or a helium cooled pebble bed made of lithium-bearing ceramic pebbles.<ref name="l2s">{{cite journal |last1=Hanaor |first1=D. A. H. |last2=Kolb |first2=M. H. H. |last3=Gan |first3=Y. |last4=Kamlah |first4=M. |last5=Knitter |first5=R. |year=2014 |title=Solution based synthesis of mixed-phase materials in the Li<sub>2</sub>TiO<sub>3</sub>-Li<sub>4</sub>SiO<sub>4</sub> system |journal=Journal of Nuclear Materials |volume=456 |pages=151–161 |arxiv=1410.7128 |bibcode=2015JNuM..456..151H |doi=10.1016/j.jnucmat.2014.09.028 |s2cid=94426898}}</ref>
* [[Direct energy conversion|Direct conversion]]: The [[kinetic energy]] of a particle can be converted into [[voltage]].<ref name="Post 99–111" /> It was first suggested by [[Richard F. Post]] in conjunction with [[magnetic mirror]]s, in the late 1960s. It has been proposed for [[Field-Reversed Configuration]]s as well as [[Dense Plasma Focus]] devices. The process converts a large fraction of the random energy of the fusion products into directed motion. The particles are then collected on electrodes at various large electrical potentials. This method has demonstrated an experimental efficiency of 48 percent.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Barr|first1=William L.|last2=Moir|first2=Ralph W.|date=January 1, 1983|title=Test Results on Plasma Direct Converters|url=https://doi.org/10.13182/FST83-A20820|journal=Nuclear Technology – Fusion|volume=3|issue=1|pages=98–111|doi=10.13182/FST83-A20820|bibcode=1983NucTF...3...98B |issn=0272-3921}}</ref>
* [[Traveling-wave tube]]s pass charged helium atoms at several megavolts and just coming off the fusion reaction through a tube with a coil of wire around the outside. This passing charge at high voltage pulls electricity through the wire.