Model of the gigantic International Torus Experimental Reactor (ITER), under construction since 2010. Photo: ITER

The International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER), a gigantic tokamak fusion device, has been hailed as the greatest single cooperative scientific endeavor in history, involving thousands of scientists and engineers from 35 nations. A marvel of engineering, when completed ITER is intended for the first time to demonstrate large-scale net energy production by fusion reactions and […]

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