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ITER

ITER. By Alex Kimn. The birth of iter. Fossil fuels became increasingly viewed as negatively impacting the Earth’s environment ITER was first conceived when the USSR and US found that by themselves, neither could produce viable fusion energy

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ITER

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  1. ITER By Alex Kimn

  2. The birth of iter • Fossil fuels became increasingly viewed as negatively impacting the Earth’s environment • ITER was first conceived when the USSR and US found that by themselves, neither could produce viable fusion energy • Started by a meeting in 1985 between Mikhail Gorbachev and Ronald Reagen, to create fusion energy “as an inexhaustible source of energy for the benefit of mankind”

  3. General information • The purpose of ITER was to prove that fusion energy would be possible • Also meant to test and find suitable materials for the tokomak reactor • It would form a foundation to future fusion research • Fuses deuterium and tritium nuclei in to helium to create fusion energy • Foundation work commenced in 2011

  4. difficulties • Though fusion power has nearly limitless potential, ITER itself was only made to prove fusion conceivable, not commercially viable • ITER is billions of dollars over cost, and years behind schedule • The overall cost estimate has risen from 5 to 16 billion euros • Projected completion of the tokomak has been pushed from 2015 2020, pushing the start date for plasma reactions in 2026

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