There has never been any plan for ITER to produce electricity. Instead, all powered produced is going to be vented into the atmosphere. The scientific work tha

There has never been any plan for ITER to produce electricity. Instead, all powered produced is going to be vented into the atmosphere. The scientific work that is planned to be done at ITER has the possibility of proving that nuclear fusion may be a viable path for electrical generation. But it will never serve as a commercial basis for the generation of electricity. Accomplishing nuclear fusion is actually relatively easy. What it hopes to prove is that controlled nuclear fusion can serve as a net producer of energy. A complete success of the ITER project in no way implies that nuclear energy is commercially viable. From a scientific standpoint it is amazing work. From an energy generation standpoint, it's a card trick. The follow on "DEMO" project will attempt to establish commercial viability of nuclear fusion for electrical generation would commence operation no earlier than 2050. If clean energy is something we need now, then nuclear fusion is not a viable solution.