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According to Wikipedia operation is supposed to start in 2033 with input from ITER design. No idea what’s right but I believe they want to build it in parallel

• pfdietz 7y ago
  That's completely unrealistic. The location and schedule of DEMO have not yet been agreed on. For that matter, whether DEMO will be the next major fusion reactor built has not been decided. The US position is that an intermediate facility, the Fusion Nuclear Science Facility, should be built and operated first, to develop and mature systems that DEMO would need (for example, fusion blankets cannot be developed without a strong source of fusion neutrons). One cloud hanging over all this is that ITER is going to use up most of the world's tritium. With fission in trouble, especially heavy water moderated fission, there will likely not be a continued source of this isotope, and making it intentionally would be extremely expensive ($100M/kg and up.)
  • Ididntdothis 7y ago
    Did some more reading and it seems you are right.