The ITER fusion reactor in France will be switched on (first plasma) by around 2025.
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“By around 2025, the ITER fusion reactor in southern France will likely be turned on.”
- Said on
- 12 November 2021 · Interview with LSE Business Review at the WEF Great Narrative meeting in Dubai (11-12 Nov 2021)
- Source
- Michio Kaku: as the golden age of silicon comes to an end, Silicon Valley risks becoming another rust belt · LSE Business Review
- Should come true
- 2025
- How sure they sounded
- will likely
- Categories
- Energy
- Importance
- 3 of 5 · ITER is the flagship international fusion project; its timeline shapes the energy research field.
Outcome
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ITER was not turned on by 2025. Its July 2024 re-baseline dropped the 2025 first-plasma goal and moved the start of research operations to 2034, with deuterium-tritium operations in 2039.
- https://physicsworld.com/a/iter-fusion-reactor-hit-by-massive-decade-long-delay-and-e5bn-price-hike/
- https://iter.org/sites/default/files/media/2024-07/baseline_press_conference_summary_july-2024_b.pdf
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