Tag: tritium processing
Why Lithium Enrichment Matters for Fusion Energy’s Future
Marathon Fusion, a privately held San Francisco company, announced in a press release on August 27 that it successfully demonstrated enrichment of both hydrogen and lithium isotopes using its proprietary plasma centrifuge technology. The demonstration targets two specific, well-documented bottlenecks in the fusion energy fuel cycle: processing the hydrogen isotope tritium, which fusion reactors need…