The first module of ITER’s toroidal plasma chamber is placed inside the tokamak pit. Each one of the nine modules, which is composed of a 40° vacuum vessel sector covered by thermal shields and ...

Launch of ITER's assembly phase is made possible by the arrival of components from all over the world in recent months (video: https://bit.ly/2BtoA9m) . It demonstrates the willingness of the 35 ...

With the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) as the most visible part of nuclear fusion research, it is perhaps little wonder that the recent string of delays and budget ...

Seeking to improve the tokamak fusion reactor known as ITER, researchers have found a way to stop rogue tungsten atoms from ...

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The completed ITER vacuum vessel sector (Image: F4E) The International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor's (ITER) plasma chamber, or vacuum vessel, houses the fusion reactions and acts as a first ...

"If they hadn't then we'd have real concerns about whether ITER could meet its goals. "This was high stakes and the fact that we achieved what we did was down to the brilliance of people and their ...

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Despite all of this, Gelis-Filho doesn't rule out the possibility of receiving a message or signal from another intelligent ...

It's a running joke among scientists that fusion power generation is 30 years away, and always will be, but if this DOE ...

JT-60SA, the world's largest tokamak, has set a new Guinness World Record for plasma volume, reaching 160 cubic meters.

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