The Tritium Fuel Cycle

Breeding, extracting, and recycling tritium so the plant fuels itself.

Breeding ratio

1.8

Tritium output

4.0 kg/yr

Startup inventory

6.47 kg

A D–T plant must breed, extract, purify and re-inject its own tritium. HYPERION's blanket breeds 4.0 kg/yr at a breeding ratio of 1.8, against a startup inventory of 6.47 kg, while co-producing helium-3 for the burner.

Tritium handling and accountancy are licensing-relevant systems, treated as a gate item on the breeder side.