Published 07/03/2024 10:53:15 a.m.

Giant international fusion project is in big trouble

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ITER operations delayed to 2034, with energy-producing reactions expected 5 years later

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International nuclear fusion project to be delayed by 8 years

The date of the first plasma production, essential for the fusion, initially scheduled for 2025, has been postponed to at least 2033, and delays and repairs of defective parts will entail additional costs, currently estimated at “five billion” euros, said the director general of the project, Pietro Barabaschi, during a press conference to present the new project schedule, based in Cadarache, in southeastern France. The deadline for the productio…

07/03/2024 10:53:15 a.m.·Portugal

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International nuclear fusion project to suffer at least an eight-year delay.

The deadline for the production of 'complete magnetic energy' originally planned for 2033 in the initial calendar presented in 2016, has been moved to 2036.

07/03/2024 11:04:58 a.m.·Porto, Portugal

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