The paper is devoted to a detailed analysis of hot non-relativistic D6 Li and DD plasmas. Non-isothermic processes in hot DD plasmas and their effect on energy release, loss, etc. are studied. The nonconventional D6Li plasma is investigated as a promising thermonuclear fuel. The presence of lithium in the deuterium plasma is shown to be an active factor increasing the energy release, as compared with the catalytic DD reaction, and to change the energy generation mechanism.

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The process of catalytic burning in DD plasma induced by injection of T6Li pellets (amounting to 20% of the total density) in a magnetic confinement facility is studied theoretically. It is shown that the injection of a T6Li pellet may open up a simple way of igniting a self-sustained thermonuclear reaction in a pure DD plasma at an initial temperature of T0 ≤ 10 keV.