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The system reportedly relies on a particle accelerator to bombard molten lithium salt with high-energy particles, generating neutrons that, in turn, trigger reactions to produce tritium.
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Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 1 Sep. 2025
They can also be made using particle accelerators.
—IEEE Spectrum, 25 Aug. 2025
Fortunately, the cosmos offers natural particle accelerators in the form of the extreme environments around supermassive black holes.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 3 June 2025
Instead of alchemy, scientists used the world’s largest particle accelerator to crash beams of lead ions into each other at near-light speed.
—George Petras, USA Today, 17 May 2025
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Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 1 Sep. 2025
They can also be made using particle accelerators.
—IEEE Spectrum, 25 Aug. 2025
Fortunately, the cosmos offers natural particle accelerators in the form of the extreme environments around supermassive black holes.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 3 June 2025
Instead of alchemy, scientists used the world’s largest particle accelerator to crash beams of lead ions into each other at near-light speed.
—George Petras, USA Today, 17 May 2025
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“Particle accelerator.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/particle%20accelerator. Accessed 8 Sep. 2025.
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