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← ScienceWhich consequence results when alpha particle channeling disrupts inertial confinement fusion?
A)Increased plasma confinement time
B)Reduced neutron flux production✓
C)Enhanced energy conversion efficiency
D)Elevated bremsstrahlung radiation losses
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Reduced neutron flux production occurs when alpha particle channeling transports energy along specific crystal lattice paths, rather than isotropically heating the deuterium-tritium plasma via thermalization, because the fusion reaction rate will be lower; therefore neutron production falls, rather than rises because the plasma is not sufficiently heated.
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