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Tritium is a natural isotope of hydrogen, but due to its tiny half-life of 12.32 years, is hard to find, store, produce, and is expensive.
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The tritium glow is not noticeable in bright conditions such as during daylight, however.
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Because the system uses no tritium, regulatory burden and required shielding are significantly reduced.
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In some studies the materials were previously doped with tritium.
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He discovered the nuclei of helium 3 (helions) and tritium (tritons).
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He was stable; from this observation, they immediately (and correctly) concluded that the other mass-3 isotope tritium was radioactive.
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The high neutron density in the core rapidly transmutes lithium-6 to tritium, losing neutrons that are required to sustain break-even breeding.
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Also, by being bombarded with neutrons, each lithium-6 atom splits into one tritium atom and one alpha particle.
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Persons working with the gas face another hazard: tritium reacts with the oxygen in air, forming tritiated water.
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The easiest to fuse are deuterium and tritium.
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