ITER - reactor

[Lubos Motl]

Hi!

Does anyone know how big chance there is that ITER will work? What are the
main problems with the project right now?

http://motls.blogspot.com/2004/11/fusion-reactor-iter.html

Please send your answer to your e-mail, or post it to my blog. Thanks.

Best wishes
Lubos
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In article <cnb87u$e11$1...@saturn.cs.uml.edu>, Lubos Motl
<mo...@feynman.harvard.edu> wrote:

> Hi!
>
> Does anyone know how big chance there is that ITER will work? What are the
> main problems with the project right now?
>
> http://motls.blogspot.com/2004/11/fusion-reactor-iter.html
>
> Please send your answer to your e-mail, or post it to my blog. Thanks.
>
> Best wishes
> Lubos
> ______________________________________________________________________________
> E-mail: lu...@matfyz.cz fax: +1-617/496-0110 Web: http://lumo.matfyz.cz/
> eFax: +1-801/454-1858 work: +1-617/384-9488 home: +1-617/868-4487 (call)
> Webs: http://schwinger.harvard.edu/~motl/ http://motls.blogspot.com/
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Lubos,

It isn't designed to be really ignited state reactor (a reactor that
reaches ignition) .. ITER is a public works project to keep scientists
employed. They are not any closer today to a working fusion reactor than
when the U.S. Gov't funded Project Sherwood in 1951-1958.

Look at a new design for a working fusion reactor at http://www.singtech.com

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