Which risk complicates sustained fusion reactors using deuterium?

💡 Explanation

Neutron activation occurs because deuterium-tritium fusion produces high-energy neutrons, therefore embrittling structural materials, rather than alpha particles quenching confinement, because alpha particles are charged and easily contained magnetically.

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