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3 days ago · ITER is the world’s largest fusion experiment. Thirty-five nations are collaborating to build and operate the ITER Tokamak, the most complex machine ever designed, to prove that fusion is a viable source of large-scale, safe, and environmentally friendly energy for the planet.
ITER (initially the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor, iter meaning "the way" or "the path" in Latin) is an international nuclear fusion research and engineering megaproject aimed at creating energy through a fusion process similar to that of the Sun.
Weighing 23 000 tonnes and standing at nearly 30 metres tall, ITER will be an impressive sight to behold. This nuclear fusion reactor will sit at the heart of a 180-hectare site, together with auxiliary housing and equipment.
In 2024, the ITER Organization and the seven ITER Domestic Agencies will be presenting an updated project baseline (technical scope, cost and schedule) to the ITER Council for approval and, within that, a new baseline ITER Research Plan.
ITER will be the largest Tokamak device to test magnetic confinement to produce fusion energy. It will count millions of components, operated by cutting-edge systems, so as to measure its performance, and draw lessons for a future commercial fusion power plant. Follow the work in progress.
The ITER Members—China, the European Union, India, Japan, Korea, Russia and the United States—are now engaged in a decades-long collaboration to build and operate the ITER experimental device, and together bring fusion to the point where a demonstration fusion reactor can be designed.
Jun 15, 2021 · ITER will be the first fusion device to produce net energy across the plasma, meaning the fusion reaction will generate more thermal energy than the energy required to heat the plasma. ITER will also be the first fusion device to maintain fusion for long periods of time.
Jul 28, 2020 · The world's biggest nuclear fusion project has entered its five-year assembly phase. After this is finished, the facility will be able to start generating the super-hot "plasma" required for ...
Jun 15, 2023 · The International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) is already billions of dollars over budget and decades behind schedule.
Aug 7, 2020 · The $25 billion multi-national fusion power project known as ITER has entered a new phase in its construction. Reactor assembly is now officially underway.
