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Tritium
A radioactive hydrogen isotope, bred in the breeder blanket rather than mined.
Tritium is a hydrogen isotope with two neutrons, radioactive with a ~12-year half-life and essentially absent in nature. A D–T plant must breed it; HYPERION's blanket targets 4.0 kg/yr at breeding ratio 1.8.