ITER - the way to new energy
WEBITER is the world’s largest fusion experiment. Thirty-five nations are collaborating to build and operate the ITER Tokamak, the most complex machine ever designed, to prove that fusion is a viable source of large-scale, safe, and environmentally friendly energy for …
Machine - ITER
WEBThe 23,000-tonne ITER Tokamak is a complex assembly of one million components and an estimated ten million individual parts. Surrounding the central reaction chamber are all of the systems that will work in concert to create a 150-million-degree plasma: the powerful magnet systems, as well as heating and current drive, diagnostic, cryogenic, cooling, fuelling, vacuum and power supply systems.
Tokamak - ITER
WEBPower plants everywhere generate electricity by converting mechanical power such as the rotation of a turbine into electrical power. In a coal-fired steam station, the combustion of coal turns water into steam and the steam in turn drives turbine generators to produce electricity. Power plants today rely either on fossil fuels, nuclear fission, or renewable sources like hydro. The tokamak is ...
On the road to ITER: milestones
WEBMore than 200 tokamaks around the world have paved the way to the ITER experiment. Conceived as the last experimental step to prove the feasibility of fusion as a large-scale and carbon-free source of energy, ITER will be the world's largest tokamak, with ten times the plasma volume of the largest tokamak operating today. A consortium of nations—China, the 27 states of the European Union ...
Fusion - ITER
WEBFusion is the energy source of the Universe, occuring in the core of the Sun and stars. Without fusion, there would be no life on Earth. What we see as light and feel as warmth is the result of a fusion reaction in the core of our Sun: hydrogen nuclei collide, fuse into heavier helium atoms and release tremendous amounts of energy in the process.
What is ITER?
WEBThe experimental campaign that will be carried out at ITER is crucial to advancing fusion science and preparing the way for the fusion power plants of tomorrow. The primary objective of ITER is the investigation and demonstration of burning plasmas—plasmas in which the energy of the helium nuclei produced by the fusion reactions is enough to ...
WEBAbstract. This manual is provided for the use of all Departments of the ITER Organization and is addressed to system specifiers, designers and users of electrical components in otherwise non-electrical plant systems. This is an initial version of this document that has been reviewed in accordance with the ITER MQP.
What will ITER do
WEBITER will bridge the gap between today's smaller-scale experimental fusion devices and the demonstration fusion power plants of the future. Scientists will be able to study plasmas under conditions similar to those expected in a future power plant and test technologies such as heating, control, diagnostics, cryogenics and remote maintenance.
Advantages of fusion - ITER
WEBThe following advantages make fusion worth pursuing. Abundant energy: Fusing atoms together in a controlled way releases nearly four million times more energy than a chemical reaction such as the burning of coal, oil or gas and four times as much as nuclear fission reactions (at equal mass).
ITER in France
WEBITER is located adjacent to the CEA Cadarache research centre where an outstanding scientific environment and technical infrastructure is already in place, including the Tore-Supra Tokamak and centre for fusion research. This site in Southern France was chosen for the ITER project in June 2005 by the seven ITER Members. CEA Cadarache has ambitions to become a major actor in alternative ...
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