Apr 29, 2020
30 Years Later, This Big Boy Fusion Reactor Is Almost Ready to Turn On
Posted by Genevieve Klien in category: nuclear energy
Could nuclear fusion finally be right around the corner… in 2035?
The International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor, or ITER, is a 30-year-old project started by President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev. With tens of billions of dollars on the line, this experimental tokamak fusion reactor—a nuclear fusion plasma reactor where extremely hot, charged plasma spins and generates virtually limitless energy—is one of a handful of extremely costly “miniature suns” around the world.