ITER fusion reactor to see further delays, with operations pushed to 2034
https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/07/iters-timeline-for-fusion-stretched-out-even-further/
ITER fusion reactor to see further delays, with operations pushed to 2034
https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/07/iters-timeline-for-fusion-stretched-out-even-further/
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* The giant fusion reactor known as ITER will not turn on until 2034, 9 years later than currently scheduled
* The project has been delayed due to the pandemic and issues involving safety standards. French regulators have deemed aspects of the project as inadequate, by their standards. Manufacturing faults have also contributed to the incredibly complex project which is a one of a kind.
* Many fear the 20 billion+ euro project may become obsolete by the time it’s switched on, as newer and better projects may be designed and built by the time it’s started.
* ITER was started in 2006 and so has already seen heavy delays.
“Fusion never” for real.
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It’ll be cool someday, but I don’t see how they’ll ever really get fusion operating cheaper than solar panels and batteries when solar panel and batteries are just gonna keep going down in price for a couple decades while fusion is struggling to even get on mine. Will fusion even be able to operate cheaper than solar panels and batteries in the 20 years or so it takes to get commercial and even if it does it really matter, once you get low enough price point because you can export the solar and batteries all over the world wow exporting a fusion reactor is probably slightly more difficult.
They might have some niche uses, but it’s looking like the best solution is to just collect the Fusion with your fusion collector panels and from your reactor 93,000,000 miles away and you’re not really gonna beat that price point with much of any other technology. Maybe you’ll need super high density energy for something else but to power the world it looks like solar will easily win out.
There are like 10 or so nations supposedly involved in this. This is something where international collaboration is inefficient. DEI on steroids. There is no focus, and some of the nations will just focus on their own reactors.
That thing will most likely start working when all the companies currently developing their own Fusion reactors are already finished.
Seeing how solar power is taking over, Fusion had better be damn cheap
All the people on about solar always seem to overlook the fact that solar will never be able to provide the amount of energy required by the world due to the amount of land required for it, and due to its inability to produce with adverse weather conditions.