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Jun 15, 2023 · In the south of France, a collaboration among 35 countries has been birthing one of the largest and most ambitious scientific experiments ever conceived: the giant fusion power machine known as...
- The Myth of Stephen Hawking
It was a Faustian bargain that made Hawking the preeminent...
- Experts Urge U.S. to Continue Support for Nuclear Fusion Research
A fusion power plant, it estimated, “could use only 5...
- Charles Seife
World’s Largest Fusion Project Is in Big Trouble, New...
- Renewable Energy
Renewable Energy coverage from Scientific American,...
- The Myth of Stephen Hawking
Jul 3, 2024 · The International Fusion Energy Project (ITER) fusion reactor, consisting of 19 massive coils looped into multiple toroidal magnets, was originally slated to begin its first full test in...
The immense scale of ITER, Latin for “the way”, will considerably outsize the largest experimental fusion reactors currently in operation — the Joint European Torus (JET) in the United Kingdom and the joint European–Japanese JT-60SA in Japan.
Sep 8, 2021 · MIT and Commonwealth Fusion Systems scientists have created a 20 tesla magnetic field using a large, high temperature superconducting fusion magnet, a step towards creating a fusion power plant, reports Stephen Jewkes for Reuters.
Jun 15, 2021 · After a decade of design and fabrication, General Atomics is ready to ship the first module of the Central Solenoid, the world’s most powerful magnet. It will become a central component of ITER, a machine that replicates the fusion power of the Sun. ITER is being built in southern France by 35 partner countries.
Jul 1, 2024 · ITER, the largest testing bed for nuclear fusion on Earth, could prove the viability of the power source—if it ever turns on.
Dec 4, 2023 · The world's biggest experimental nuclear fusion reactor in operation was inaugurated in Japan on Friday, a technology in its infancy but billed by some as the answer to humanity's future energy needs.
