ITER will not capture the energy itВ produces asВ electricity, but-as first of all fusion experiments in history to produce net energy gain-it will prepare the way for the machine that can.Дў)В Demonstrate the integrated operation of technologies for a fusion power plant ITER is designed to produce a ten-fold return on energy (Q=10), or 500 MW of fusion power from 50 MW of input heating power. In 1997, JET produced 16 MW of fusion power from a total input heating power of 24 MW (Q=0.67). The world record for fusion power is held by the European tokamak JET. The machine has been designed specifically to: With ten times the plasma volume of the largest machine operating today, the ITER Tokamak will be a unique experimental tool, capable of longerВ plasmas and better confinement. and therefore the greater the potential for fusion energy. Scientists know that the larger the vessel, the larger the volume of the plasma. The amount of fusion energy a tokamak is capable of producing is a direct result ofВ the number of fusion reactions taking place in its core.

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