The inertial thermonuclear fusion is feasible owing to development of thin films technologies

An idea of inertial thermonuclear synthesis consists in accumulation of energy and subsequent almost instantaneous transformation of that energy into heat within a small milligram — scale dt-capsule (a mixture of deuterium and tritium in solid freezed state). One can, however, go another way by accumulating the kinetic energy in dt-capsule itself by accelerating it. The velocities needed are of the order of one million meters per second, corresponding to optimal temperature of the thermonuclear reaction ∼ 10–20 keV, if that energy can be transformed into heat by striking the target within the reactor or by collision with a similar oncoming capsule. It is important to note that in this case an opportunity appears to deliver the fuel into reactor still hot after previous micro-blow. Obviously, the ignition of thermonuclear reaction can be achieved by bombardment of dt-target by solid body. The outlined idea was proposed almost fifty years ago. An investigation into various methods of macroparticle acceleration demonstrated that to implement the idea accelerators of enormous size are necessary, which made its practical application quite conjectural. However, even today it is technologically feasible to create the required macroparticle accelerators of the order of 100–1000 meter long in case part of the macroparticle is made of super-thin superconducting films or ionic superconductor.