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Fuel for world’s largest fusion reactor ITER is set for test run

Elizabeth Gibney

2021Nature19 citationsDOIOpen Access PDF

Abstract

Nuclear fusion experiments with deuterium and tritium at the Joint European Torus are a crucial dress rehearsal for the mega-experiment. Nuclear fusion experiments with deuterium and tritium at the Joint European Torus are a crucial dress rehearsal for the mega-experiment.

Topics & Concepts

Joint European TorusTritiumDeuteriumJoint (building)Nuclear fusionNuclear engineeringFusionFusion powerTorusNuclear physicsEnvironmental scienceEngineeringPhysicsTokamakPlasmaStructural engineeringMathematicsLinguisticsPhilosophyGeometryNuclear reactor physics and engineeringRadioactive contamination and transfer