Decades in the Making: ITER's 19 Toroidal Magnets Arrive in France, Poised to Ignite Fusion's Future
Rahul Somvanshi
Rahul Somvanshi
The International Fusion Energy Project's toroidal magnets have finally arrived in Southern France after twenty years of travel, raising hopes for the first plasma of the biggest tokamak in history.
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ITER is a 35-nation project that is pushing the limits of nuclear fusion using a tokamak that is meant to capture stellar energy.1. ITER is a 35-nation project that is pushing the limits of nuclear fusion using a tokamak that is meant to capture stellar energy.
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Fusion, which powers our sun, combines atoms to produce energy without producing radioactive waste, offering a clean energy alternative to nuclear fission.
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The power of ITER's 19 superconductive coils, which are crucial for managing fusion processes, is obtained at extremely low temperatures of -269 degrees Celsius.
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Aiming to contain a plasma ten times hotter than the Sun's core, the gigantic 23,000-ton tokamak will produce a magnetic field 300,000 times stronger than Earth's
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Its first fusion reaction is expected for 2035, but not until costs have increased fourfold and there have been delays brought on by technical issues and the pandemic
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Leaders Gorbachev and Reagan launched this enormous effort in 1985 with the goal of proving that fusion is more technically feasible than economically feasible
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Although there is still a long way to go before fusion energy achieves technological breakeven in 2022, recent developments at the National Ignition Facility suggest that this is possible
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ITER is a challenging task to prove fusion's feasibility for the global power system in the face of growing climate concerns, even though it offers a significant step towards sustainable energy
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ITER is a challenging task to prove fusion's feasibility for the global power system in the face of growing climate concerns, even though it offers a significant step towards sustainable energy