The Department of Energy has officially committed funding to establish UNITY-3, an accelerator-based breeding blanket test facility at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee. It must generate the isotope inside the plant, using a surrounding structure known as a breeding blanket. A breeding blanket would line the inner wall of a fusion reactor, where it would absorb energy from fusion neutrons and convert that energy into heat. Subject of Research: Fusion breeding blankets, tritium production, high-energy neutron testing, fusion fuel cycles, and AI-assisted digital modeling. Article Title: A New Neutron Facility Could Solve Fusion Energy’s Fuel ProblemWeb References: Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Kyoto Fusioneering partnership announcement; Kyoto Fusioneering; U.S. Department of Energy Office of ScienceImage Credits: Kyoto FusioneeringKeywordsFusion energy, breeding blankets, tritium, neutrons, nuclear fusion, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Kyoto Fusioneering, UNITY-3, artificial intelligence, computer simulation, fusion fuel cycle, clean energy