The largest fusion experiment ever undertaken, a tokamak under construction at Cadarache in southern France by a partnership spanning China, the European Union, India, Japan, South Korea, Russia and the United States. ITER is designed to produce ten times more fusion power than the heating power injected into its plasma, a scientific demonstration rather than a power station: it will generate no electricity itself.
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Facility TypeExperimental fusion reactor 1 LocationCadarache, Provence, France 1 Cross-Tradition Connections
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The ITER Agreement was concluded under IAEA auspices and is deposited with the IAEA Director General.
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1. International Atomic Energy Agency Official Site
World Nuclear Association Information Library
World Nuclear AssociationAssociated With: Tokamak, Information Library, Nuclear Fusion Power, Fusion researchQuote, Associated With: Tokamak, Information Library, Nuclear Fusion Power, Fusion research
The goal of ITER is to operate with a plasma thermal output of 500 MW (for at least 400 seconds continuously) with less than 50 MW of plasma heating power input.
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Site
Lawrence Livermore National LaboratoryAssociated With: National Ignition Facility, News, LLNL achieves fusion ignitionQuote, Associated With: National Ignition Facility, News, LLNL achieves fusion ignition
produced more energy from fusion than the laser energy used to drive it
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