[Lex Computer & Tech Group/LCTG] Fwd: Gold from excess neutrons in a Tokamak fusion reactor

[palbin24 at yahoo.com]

21st century alchemy !
Peter

> On Jul 26, 2025, at 10:51 AM, Larry Wittig via LCTG <lctg at lists.toku.us> wrote:
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> I'm not sure I sent the original message to the correct list.
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> -- Larry
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> ---------- Forwarded message ---------
> From: Larry Wittig <9423lew at gmail.com>
> Date: Fri, Jul 25, 2025 at 5:36 PM
> Subject: Gold from excess neutrons in a Tokamak fusion reactor
> To: <LCTG-Extended-subscribe at toku.us>
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> 
> See: https://newatlas.com/science/fusion-reactors-put-king-midas-shame-gold-department/
> 
> According to Marathon Fusion – a company dedicated to the development
> of fusion energy components – a tokamak fusion reactor can not only
> produce limitless clean energy, but five tonnes of gold out from
> mercury for every gigawatt (~2.5 GWth) of electricity generated.
> 
> Put simply, the method is similar to one proposed to allow reactors to
> manufacture their own tritium fuel. This is done by lining the reactor
> vessel with a layer of lithium. When the lithium absorbs a neutron
> from the fusion reaction, it splits into an alpha particle and a
> tritium atom. If you replace the lithium with the very common
> mercury-198 isotope (or better yet, a lithium/mercury alloy), a fast
> neutron will turn it into unstable mercury-197. This then undergoes an
> electron decay that turns into (ta da!) gold-197. Oh, and there's
> tritium as well, if you're using the alloy.
> <2507.13461v2.pdf>
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