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They probably mean MW/h ...
by ntoshev 15y ago
They probably mean MW/h ...
- pieter 15y agoITER won't produce any stable power at all, so they most likely mean something like "A single run of ITER will consume about half a gram of hydrogen while having a peak output of 500MW (for a few seconds).
- mrsebastian 15y agoYeah, the plan for ITER is to produce 500MW over 1,000 seconds, with an input power of 50MW (and 0.5 grams of deuterium-tritium fuel). The current record is, like, 10 seconds and no one has broken even on input/output power... Edit: Ah, actually the current record is less than 1 second: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ITER#Background http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ITER#Background
- DanWaterworth 15y agoI thought that, but I now think it means in a single run, using just half a gram of hydrogen, the peak output power is 500MW, it would be helpful if it also mentioned how much usable energy was generated too.
- mrsebastian 15y agoI don't think anyone knows how much 'usable' energy ITER will generate (plus, ITER won't be a power plant -- the heat produced will actually be thrown away -- so I guess we won't ever know.)