Fusion+

Fusion+ is the popular name for a portable, piezo-nuclear fusion power plant.

Description (Specifications)

The Fusion+ process uses water with a high dose of deuterium (a heavy isotope of hydrogen, ₁H²) as a fuel supply. The deuterium is extracted via electrolysis and fused producing tritium (a triple-heavy form of hydrogen (₁H³) appearing only as a byproduct of nuclear reactions) and eventually helium-4 (₂He⁴), otherwise known as an Alpha particle (α⁺² - a byproduct of deuterium-tritium (D-T) fusion). It is an efficient mechanism of energy output (producing very little waste heat) through catalyzed fusion of hydrogen. Cold fusion power is distinguished from Thermonuclear fusion power and/or other types of Fusion power (e.g. Damper-mediated or Inertial-confinement fusion) by its small size: a "Fusion Power Plant" (an "F-Plant") is suitable for large multi-kiloton installations; "Fusion Plus" (or "F+") is a small, relatively portable installation suitable for vehicles and homes. The units are small, sealed, self-contained cold fusion power sources. Virtually maintenance free, they are sited throughout many ships and installations as independent power sources. Powered by water, they are inspected and cleaned annually, at which time their small water tank is refilled.

Compared with standard Fusion

"Fusion+" is not to be confused with "standard" (or "basic") "Fusion". Compared with standard Fusion, Fusion+ offers order of magnitude improvements on portability, safety, and quality. Larger Fusion+ plants are composed of a number of smaller, independent cells.

History & Background (Dossier)

Historically, it does not appear that either the Rule of Man or the prior Vilani Imperium had stumbled onto the secret of Fusion+. Cleon Zhunastu of Zhunastu Industries was the inventor of Fusion+ in the modern era during the final days of the Sylean Federation and used such power plants to transform a nascent Third Imperium into Charted Space's largest hyper-polity. When the secret is known, Fusion+ power plants, once perfected, almost always transform earlier societies into interstellar ones.

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References

This list of sources was used by the Traveller Wiki Editorial Team and individual contributors to compose this article. Copyrighted material is used under license from Mongoose Publishing or by permission of the author. The page history lists all of the contributions.

• Frank Chadwick, Dave Nilsen. Fire, Fusion, & Steel (Game Designers Workshop, 1994), 67.
• Periodical: Challenge 72 in article: "Cold Fusion" by: Frank Chadwick
• Greg Porter. Central Supply Catalog (Imperium Games, 1996), 60,61.
• David Golden, Guy Garnett. Fire, Fusion & Steel (Imperium Games, 1997), 81,112.
• Marc Miller. T5 Core Rules (Far Future Enterprises, 2013), 500.
• Christopher Griffen. The Third Imperium (Mongoose Publishing, 2021), 69.
• Adrian Tymes, Sabrina Tymes, Gabriel G. A. B. Fonseca, Robert Eaglestone. Starship Operator's Manual (Mongoose Publishing, 2024), 17.