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		dkirtley on Aug 14, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Y Combinator And Mithril Invest In Helion, A Nucle... The best way to make Helium 3 is with Deuterium fusion. Its a very interesting bootstrap question -- how do you build new reactors, if you have to have working reactors to generate fuel?

sbierwagen on Aug 15, 2014 [–]

So really it's a mixed-mode D-D/3He-D reactor? How much more common are D-D reactions than 3He-D reactions while the reactor is running normally?

How much does the initial charge of 3He cost, given that the stuff costs $7,000 a gram?

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