International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/International_Thermonuclear_Experimental_Reactor
GPTKB entity
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:nuclear_fusion_research_facility
gptkbp:abbreviation gptkb:ITER
gptkbp:constructionStartYear 2010
gptkbp:country gptkb:France
gptkbp:designedBlanketModules 440
gptkbp:designedCentralSolenoidHeight 18 meters
gptkbp:designedCentralSolenoidWeight 1000 tonnes
gptkbp:designedControlSystem gptkb:CODAC_(Control,_Data_Access_and_Communication)
gptkbp:designedCoolingSystem water-cooled
gptkbp:designedCryostatDiameter 29.3 meters
gptkbp:designedCryostatHeight 29 meters
gptkbp:designedCryostatWeight 8500 tonnes
gptkbp:designedDiagnostics over 50 systems
gptkbp:designedDivertorCassettes 54
gptkbp:designedFusionGain Q=10
gptkbp:designedHeatingSystems neutral beam injection
electron cyclotron resonance heating
radio frequency heating
gptkbp:designedInputPower 50 megawatts
gptkbp:designedMajorRadius 6.2 meters
gptkbp:designedMinorRadius 2 meters
gptkbp:designedPlasmaCurrent 15 megaamperes
gptkbp:designedPlasmaTemperature 150 million degrees Celsius
gptkbp:designedPulseDuration 400 seconds
gptkbp:designedRemoteHandlingSystem robotic arms
gptkbp:designedToroidalFieldCoils 18
gptkbp:designedVacuumVesselDiameter 19.4 meters
gptkbp:designedVacuumVesselHeight 11.4 meters
gptkbp:designedVacuumVesselWeight 5000 tonnes
gptkbp:director gptkb:Pietro_Barabaschi
gptkbp:expectedDeuterium-TritiumOperation 2035
gptkbp:firstComponentAssembly 2020
gptkbp:firstConcretePoured 2014
gptkbp:firstPlasma 2025
gptkbp:fuelType deuterium
tritium
gptkbp:fundedBy gptkb:treaty
gptkbp:governingBody gptkb:ITER_Organization
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:Saint-Paul-lès-Durance,_France
gptkbp:magneticFieldStrength 5.3 tesla
gptkbp:partner gptkb:China
gptkb:European_Union
gptkb:India
gptkb:Japan
gptkb:Russia
gptkb:South_Korea
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:plasmaVolume 840 cubic meters
gptkbp:powerOutput 500 megawatts
gptkbp:projectCost over 20 billion euros
gptkbp:purpose demonstrate feasibility of nuclear fusion as an energy source
gptkbp:reactorType gptkb:tokamak
gptkbp:scientificGoals produce more energy from fusion than is used to heat the plasma
gptkbp:status under construction
gptkbp:website https://www.iter.org/
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:ITER_project
gptkb:ITER
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor