ITER fusion reactor slowly moves forward

Posted on 26 Jan 2017 by Michael Cruickshank

The world's largest nuclear fusion project, known as the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor, or ITER, has taken another step closer to completion this month.

Earlier in January, ITER announced that it had begun installing the electrical infrastructure to enable it to carry out its experiments. This process, called the ‘first energization’ involves the connection of a vast array of switches and breakers, making up separate separate yards in total. Once completed the setup will connect the ITER facility to…

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