The World’s First Nuclear Fusion Plant Nears Completion
Posted: 12-19-2017 05:27 PM
The World’s First Nuclear Fusion Plant Nears Completion
The world's first nuclear fusion plant has now reached 50 percent completion, the project's director-general announced Dec. 6.
When it is operational, the experimental fusion plant, called the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER), will circulate plasma in its core that is 10 times hotter than the sun, surrounded by magnets as cold as interstellar space.
Its goal? To fuse hydrogen atoms and generate 10 times more power than goes into it by the 2030s.
Ultimately, ITER is meant to prove that fusion power can be generated on a commercial scale and is sustainable, abundant, safe. and clean.
https://www.seeker.com/earth/the-worlds ... completion
The world's first nuclear fusion plant has now reached 50 percent completion, the project's director-general announced Dec. 6.
When it is operational, the experimental fusion plant, called the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER), will circulate plasma in its core that is 10 times hotter than the sun, surrounded by magnets as cold as interstellar space.
Its goal? To fuse hydrogen atoms and generate 10 times more power than goes into it by the 2030s.
Ultimately, ITER is meant to prove that fusion power can be generated on a commercial scale and is sustainable, abundant, safe. and clean.
https://www.seeker.com/earth/the-worlds ... completion