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Re:Major nuclear fusion milestone reached as ‘ignition’ trig... by mlindner on Tuesday October 12, 2021 @02:05PM (#28842981)
ITER isn't even possible to create an economic nuclear reactor out of because it's too big. The sheer size of a ITER-sized reactor doesn't get us to economical reactors. ITER is a science experiment, not a commercial reactor design. High-field strength high temperature superconductor based allows much smaller sizes than ITER, but ITER was designed with the technology that was available in the late 1990s.

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