AI and Nuclear Fusion Vol.3: Tritium — The Fuel That Doesn't Exist

AI and Nuclear Fusion Vol.3: Tritium — The Fuel That Doesn't Exist Series: "Thinking Seriously About Nuclear Fusion with AI" Volume 3 of 10 | Target: Policy, Investment, and Engineering Decision-Makers Author: Dosanko Tousan | AI Partner: Claude (Anthropic) License: MIT Document Classification Item Detail Purpose Quantify the tritium supply crisis facing the global fusion program; derive breeding blanket requirements and assess whether current designs can achieve tritium self-sufficiency Audience Government policy advisors, energy investment analysts, fusion program managers Prerequisites Vol.1 (nuclear physics, confinement) and Vol.2 (ignition, burn physics, power balance). All derivations self-contained within this volume. Scope Tritium physical properties → Global supply chain → Demand projections → The tritium cliff → Breeding blanket physics → TBR gap analysis → Fuel cycle economics Deliverables (1) Tritium inventory simulation with depletion curves, (2) TBR Monte Carlo sensitivit