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6.5 Uses and dangers of radioactivity

6.5 Uses and dangers of radioactivity

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Question 32

The Joint European Torus (JET) and the upcoming ITER project are experimental tokamak reactors designed to harness energy from nuclear fusion using deuterium (12H^{2}_{1}\text{H}12​H) and tritium (13H^{3}_{1}\text{H}13​H) as fuel.

Describe the process of nuclear fusion occurring in such a reactor, and explain why exceptionally high temperatures are necessary for this reaction to occur.

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