The most powerful magnetic system for international thermonuclear reactors (ITER) has been completed. The central electromagnetic, created in the United States, will become the heart of a giant tokamak in southern France, promising to regenerate the energy of the sun. This is a breakthrough in the race to win clean and unified 33 countries. Press service reports Iter.
Iter is the largest nuclear synthesis project in the world – the process of nurturing stars. Contrary to the division of atoms (as in the nuclear reactors), synthesizing the hydrogen atoms, releasing huge energy – no carbon emissions and long radioactive waste. Tokamak is a Viking donut, where plasma (hot gas from charged particles) is kept by magnetic fields at 150 million ° C to unified atoms. The central electromagnetic Iter weighs 1000 tons to create a magnetic field capable of lifting aircraft carriers, holding plasma in the desired form.
The completion of the magnetic system is the main stage. It consists of six ring magnets (from Russia, Europe, China) to be cooled to -269 ° C Helium liquid for superconducting. Together they form a 3000 ton structure that captures plasma, heating up to 150 million ° C-10 times compared to the hot nucleus of the sun. Iter sought to achieve 500 MW energy release at the entrance 50 MW – this figure is 10 times higher than the investment power, creating a self -fire support. This is not the main, but for evidence that the synthesis is possible.
Imagine: Plasma – like soup in a pan, boiling with millions. The magnet is the Viking's hand that prevents the soup from getting out while the atoms boil and provide energy. Such a complex system, collected from parts from three continents, is completed.
Pietro Barabaschi, director of Iter, said that with the help of Iter, we pointed out that a stable future of energy and a peaceful path is possible, Mr. Pietro Barabaschi, director of Iter.
The project reached 100 % of construction goals in 2024, starting to gather tokamak. The United States has created an electromagnetic, European – a vacuum camera, Russia – superconducting and India, China, Korea and Japan have contributed to cooling and heating. In 2024, Iter launched a data exchange program with the private sector, accelerating research.
However, before the first plasma experiment (2033 from 2034) and the synthesis of Deater – Tritia (2039) remained very far. Egg and defect delay (for example, cracks in the pipe) increase the budget. Private companies promise faster, but their projects are less and do not prove their ability to expand.
Iter is a symbol of cooperation. If it reaches the goal, synthesizing can become an endless source of energy, replacing coal and gas.
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