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We should really stop using ITER as the reference. SPARC uses the same plasma physics with newer superconductors, and is expecting ITER-level performance in 202
by DennisP 5y ago
We should really stop using ITER as the reference. SPARC uses the same plasma physics with newer superconductors, and is expecting ITER-level performance in 2025. Most fusion scientists agree with that assessment.
SPARC won't have a turbine either, but with a construction time of four years, it brings us a lot closer to the next reactor which will.
- tsimionescu 5y agoITER is still the biggest and best funded project. If SPARC shows anything impressive, we'll see, but so far I'd still bet on the bigger project.
- m0llusk 5y ago> ITER is still the biggest and best funded project. Which may be the core explanation for its failure.
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