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	'''Note:''' Because tritium is extremely rare in nature (half-life ≈ 12.3 years), fusion reactors are initially supplied with tritium from existing stockpiles (primarily from CANDU fission reactors), after which tritium is continuously bred from lithium within the ~~reactor~~ blanket to sustain operation<ref name="TritiumCANDU"/>.		'''Note:''' Because tritium is extremely rare in nature (half-life ≈ 12.3 years), fusion reactors are initially supplied with tritium from existing stockpiles (primarily from CANDU fission reactors), after which … tritium is continuously bred from lithium within the [[Breeding blanket]] to sustain reactor operation <ref name="TritiumCANDU"/>.


	== Neutron Modeling in Plasma Codes ==		== Neutron Modeling in Plasma Codes ==