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UK firm achieves first commercial tritium breakthrough for fusion fuel (interestingengineering.com)
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[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

Nonetheless, being able to produce tritium, which is the claim that appears in the headline and the article, is very useful, in part because many reactors use it as a fuel source.

There is only one place where I see "more fuel" show up, which is this single sentence:

The ability to generate tritium within the reactor is crucial. A sustainable fusion energy system needs to produce more fuel than it consumes. This development shows a path toward solving that engineering challenge.

I agree that this single sentence could have been better worded.