The
most
complex machine
ever designed
If successful, specialists in southern France may be likely to
offer a more
environmentally friendly substitute
for nuclear fission and fossil fuels.
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The
largest ever
built, with a plasma volume of 830 cubic metres
Image: ITER Organization
Image: ITER Organization
Temperature
will reach 150 million°C
—or
ten times
the temperature at the core
of our Sun
Transported along
104 kilometres
of specially
modified road
known as
the ITER Itinerary
Image: ITER Organization
100,000 kilometres of niobium-tin (Nb3Sn)
superconducting strands
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2X
THE THRUST
OF A
SPACE SHUTTLE LIFT-OFF
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