ITER
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ITER is an international nuclear fusion research and engineering project designed to demonstrate the feasibility of fusion power. The facility is under construction near the Cadarache research center
Small-scale model of ITER
Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev at the Geneva Summit in 1985
Aerial view of the ITER site in 2018
ITER construction status in 2018
JT-60
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JT-60 is a large research tokamak, the flagship of the Japanese National Institute for Quantum Science and Technology's fusion energy directorate. As of 2023 the device is known as JT-60SA and is the
ITER
…achieve first plasma in 2033–2034, at which point it will be the world's largest fusion reactor, with a plasma volume about six times that of Japan's JT-60SA, previously the largest tokamak. The long-term goal of fusion research is to generate electricity; ITER's stated purpose is scientific research, and…
JT-60SA under construction in 2016.