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ITER

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Also Known As International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor The project now presents ITER as a name in its own right, from the Latin word for the way, rather than as the original acronym.
Research and Experimental Facility
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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.

Facts
Facility Type
Experimental fusion reactor 1
Location
Cadarache, Provence, France 1
Classification
Status
Under Construction 1
Connections

Associated With

International Atomic Energy Agency, Agencies and Organizations

The ITER Agreement was concluded under IAEA auspices and is deposited with the IAEA Director General.

Source International Atomic Energy Agency Official Site
National Ignition Facility, Power Stations and Infrastructure
Source Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Site
Tokamak, Technologies
Source World Nuclear Association Information Library

Uses Source

Nuclear Fusion, Energy Sources
Source International Atomic Energy Agency Official Site
Sources
1. International Atomic Energy Agency Official Site
International Atomic Energy Agency
  • Operating status, entity description
    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.
  • Uses Source: Nuclear Fusion
  • Associated With: International Atomic Energy Agency
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World Nuclear Association Information Library
World Nuclear AssociationAssociated With: Tokamak, Information Library, Nuclear Fusion Power, Fusion research
Quote, 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.
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Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Site
Lawrence Livermore National LaboratoryAssociated With: National Ignition Facility, News, LLNL achieves fusion ignition
Quote, 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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