Subject 26 · Advanced Fission & Fusion

Advanced Fission & Fusion

Follow the neutron economy from a single fission to a controlled chain: the multiplication factor k, the machinery of a pressurised-water reactor, and the delayed neutrons that make it steerable. Then cross to fusion — the Coulomb barrier, quantum tunneling, the Lawson criterion, and the honest scoreboard of tokamaks and laser fusion — before weighing dose, shielding, and waste, and solving the reactor’s own differential equation. Every subsection includes a responsive interactive model.