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Well, "we" is very precise -- it's an EU program, and this reactor is not. As far as "why", you can take your pick of: - ITER's design is older, and maybe cou
by bpodgursky 6y ago
Well, "we" is very precise -- it's an EU program, and this reactor is not.
As far as "why", you can take your pick of:
- ITER's design is older, and maybe could be considered "lower risk" (that it will work at all)
- Sunk cost
- Academic jobs program
- Money has already been allocated to member states, and none are happy to give that up
- Big changes take time
I'm not optimistic on stuff like this, so IMO it's another JWST, but it's not totally crazy to keep working on a plan (for a while) when new avenues of research arise.
- ClumsyPilot 6y agoJapan and US are members of the project. You should at least read basic info before speculating. https://www.iter.org/proj/Countries https://www.iter.org/proj/Countries
- mbroncano 6y agoThe EU is by far the biggest contributor though: > Europe is responsible for the largest portion of construction costs (45.6 percent); the remainder is shared equally by China, India, Japan, Korea, Russia and the US (9.1 percent each)