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John LeonardIn a quiet corner of southern France, an international mega-project is forging ahead with its mission to demonstrate industrial-scale nuclear fusion. We got to take a look.<a href="https://www.computing.co.uk/feature/2025/fusion-finish-line-inside-iter-giant-tokamak" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.computing.co.uk/feature/2025/fusion-finish-line-inside-iter-giant-tokamak</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fusion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fusion</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nuclear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#nuclear</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/iter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#iter</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/technews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#technews</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/france" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#france</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/green" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#green</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tokamak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#tokamak</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/energy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#energy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/netzero" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#netzero</a>

Kevin Karhan :verified:<a href="https://ard.social/@tagesschau" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@tagesschau</a> das ist <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Geldverschwendung" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Geldverschwendung</a> denn das word nicht passieren.<ul><li>Dann lieber bei <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ITER" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ITER</a> investieren, auch wenn <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Kernfusion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Kernfusion</a> unrealistischer ist als <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/DESERTEC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DESERTEC</a> & <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Weltfrieden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Weltfrieden</a> zusammen!</li></ul>Cc: <a href="https://social.bund.de/@bmuv" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@bmuv</a> <a href="https://social.bund.de/@Bundesregierung" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@Bundesregierung</a>

Paul Förster :verified_blue:"Das Magnetfeld, das er erzeugt, hat laut ITER eine Feldstärke von 13 Tesla. Damit sei es 280.000 Mal stärker als das Erdmagnetfeld."Naive Frage eines Laien wie mich in die Runde: Reisst ein solch starker Magnet nicht ein Loch in das Magnetfeld der Erde? Wenn ja, was hat das für Folgen? Dringt der Sonnenwind dann bis zur Erdoberfläche vor?<a href="https://www.heise.de/news/ITER-stellt-staerksten-Magneten-der-Welt-fertig-10371694.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.heise.de/news/ITER-stellt-staerksten-Magneten-der-Welt-fertig-10371694.html</a><a href="https://swiss.social/tags/Wissenschaft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Wissenschaft</a> <a href="https://swiss.social/tags/ITER" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ITER</a> <a href="https://swiss.social/tags/Kernfusion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Kernfusion</a>

Kevin Karhan :verified:<a href="https://social.tchncs.de/@Lapizistik" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@Lapizistik</a> Natürlich nicht. <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ITER" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ITER</a> dient der <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Grundlagenforschung" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Grundlagenforschung</a>, und es geht dabei vorallem darum jene Technologie zu verstehen.<ul><li>Dass <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Atomkraft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Atomkraft</a> egal ob <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Fission" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Fission</a> oder <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Fusion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Fusion</a> keine Lösung des <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Energieproblem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Energieproblem</a>|s darstellen kann, ist allen klar.</li></ul>Vorallem wenn wir nichtmals ansatzweise <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Solar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Solar</a> & <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Wind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Wind</a>-Potenziale angezapft haben...<ul><li>Selbst "primitive" <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Solarthermie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Solarthermie</a> wäre ein massiver Gewinn weil <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Skalierbar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Skalierbar</a>, konventinelle <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Technologie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Technologie</a> und wie alle thermischen Kraftwerke erprobte & verlässliche Technologie.</li></ul>

Free Software Foundation<a href="https://hostux.social/tags/FreeSoftwareActivists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FreeSoftwareActivists</a> got a lot done at the <a href="https://hostux.social/tags/FreeSoftwareDirectory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FreeSoftwareDirectory</a> last Friday: <a href="https://u.fsf.org/45g" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://u.fsf.org/45g</a> <a href="https://hostux.social/tags/UmockDev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UmockDev</a> <a href="https://hostux.social/tags/Forgejo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Forgejo</a> <a href="https://hostux.social/tags/Iter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Iter</a>-vitae <a href="https://hostux.social/tags/Flask" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Flask</a> <a href="https://hostux.social/tags/Vim" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Vim</a>

Earthworm 🐌<a href="https://mstdn.science/@KnowableMag" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@KnowableMag</a> the desire to tech-fix structural problems is so depressing. I get it. Scientists are nerds, and if you have the luck that your field of research receives billions of funding, who are you to say no?But the policy makers responsible for the allocation of these funds... don't these people, like... inform themselves? Even IF fusion reactors could be developed in a reasonable timespan (and the billions required for research would not just diverti much needed investments into clean and decentralized energy):A lot of energy is by no means a solution to the transgression of the multiple planetary boundaries (nor does it help against the rise of fascism we are experiencing).So, I let you here with this nice figure, you all can draw your own conclusions.<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FusionReactor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FusionReactor</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FusionEnergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FusionEnergy</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Tokamak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Tokamak</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FusionPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FusionPower</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ITER" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ITER</a>

kurtshI really dislike presumptive & conclusive "clickbait" article titles like these.A1: No, fusion is far from dead. There are more than a dozen private research organizations also working on fusion separately. A2: ITER's not even remotely in trouble, having received $5B in additional investment. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/savedyouaclick" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#savedyouaclick</a>"Is the dream of nuclear fusion dead? Why the international experimental reactor is in ‘big trouble" ’ | Energy | The Guardian <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/article/2024/aug/03/is-the-dream-of-nuclear-fusion-dead-why-the-international-experimental-reactor-is-in-big-trouble" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/technology/article/2024/aug/03/is-the-dream-of-nuclear-fusion-dead-why-the-international-experimental-reactor-is-in-big-trouble</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fusion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fusion</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/iter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#iter</a>

Chuck DarwinIs the dream of nuclear fusion dead? Why the international experimental reactor is in ‘big trouble’ It was a project that promised the sun. Researchers would use the world’s most advanced technology to design a machine that could generate atomic fusion, the process that drives the stars – and so create a source of cheap, non-polluting power.That was initially the aim of the ⭐️International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor ⭐️ ( <a href="https://c.im/tags/Iter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Iter</a> ) which 35 countries – including European states, China, Russia and the US – agreed to build at Saint-Paul-lez-Durance in southern France at a starting cost of $6bn. Work began in 2010, with a commitment that there would be energy-producing reactions by 2020.Then cost overruns, Covid, corrosion of key parts, last-minute redesigns and confrontations with nuclear safety officials triggered delays that mean <a href="https://c.im/tags/Iter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Iter</a> is not going to be ready for another decade, it has just been announced. Worse, energy-producing fusion reactions will not be generated until 2039, while Iter’s budget – which has already soared to $20bn – will increase by a further $5bn.Other estimates suggest the final price tag could rise well above this figure and make Iter “the most delayed and most cost-inflated science project in history”, the journal Scientific American has warned. For its part, the journal Science has stated simply that Iter is now in “big trouble”, while Nature has noted that the project has been “plagued by a string of hold-ups, cost overruns and management issues”.Dozens of private companies now threaten to create fusion reactors on a shorter timescale, warn scientists. These include <a href="https://c.im/tags/Tokamak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Tokamak</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Energy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Energy</a> in Oxford and <a href="https://c.im/tags/Commonwealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Commonwealth</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Fusion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Fusion</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Systems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Systems</a> in the US.“The trouble is that Iter has been going on for such a long time, and suffered so many delays, that the rest of the world has moved on,” said fusion expert Robbie Scott of the UK Science and Technology Facilities Council. “A host of new technologies have emerged since Iter was planned. That has left the project with real problems<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/article/2024/aug/03/is-the-dream-of-nuclear-fusion-dead-why-the-international-experimental-reactor-is-in-big-trouble?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/technology/article/2024/aug/03/is-the-dream-of-nuclear-fusion-dead-why-the-international-experimental-reactor-is-in-big-trouble?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other</a>

IT NewsITER fusion reactor to see further delays, with operations pushed to 2034 - Enlarge / One of the components of the reactor during leak testing. (cr... - <a href="https://arstechnica.com/?p=2035383" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://arstechnica.com/?p=2035383</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#science</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/physics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#physics</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/delays" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#delays</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/fusion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fusion</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/iter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#iter</a>

RiffReporterImmer wieder hört man von <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Kernfusion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Kernfusion</a> als Energiequelle. Wie ist es wirklich darum bestellt? Unser Autor hat sich zwei große Anlagen angeschaut: <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Iter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Iter</a> in Südfrankreich (im Bau) und Wendelstein 7-X in Norddeutschland. Spoiler: Eine schnelle Lösung sind sie nicht. Was meint ihr dazu – wird das was mit der Kernfusion? <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Energiewende" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Energiewende</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FDP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FDP</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Technologieoffenheit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Technologieoffenheit</a> <a href="https://www.riffreporter.de/de/wissen/kernfusion-stellarator-tokamak-laserfusion-herausforderungen-iter-wendelstein-7x" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.riffreporter.de/de/wissen/kernfusion-stellarator-tokamak-laserfusion-herausforderungen-iter-wendelstein-7x</a>

Druid 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿I've only just read that the UK has pulled out of the massive <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/ITER" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ITER</a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/fusion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fusion</a> reactor project. Instead, the UK is going to build its own. I guarantee it's going to be shit. Probably won't ever be finished & will end up costing billions. All because the UK government "doesn't want to play with those foreign European types". Also, the <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/JET" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#JET</a> lab in Oxfordshire is closing. Amazing, pioneering work was done there with our European partners. What an awful country this is. <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#science</a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/NuclearFusion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NuclearFusion</a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/brexit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#brexit</a>

Hari TulsidasInternational Torus Experimental Reactor (ITER), a gigantic tokamak fusion device, has been plagued by a virtually endless series of problems and delays, repeatedly pushing the target date for completion. The delays in the ITER project have spurred investment in alternative scenarios that may bring commercially viable fusion power more quickly. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FusionPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FusionPower</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ITER" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ITER</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AlternativeScenarios" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AlternativeScenarios</a> <a href="https://asiatimes.com/2023/08/iter-fiasco-will-accelerate-the-progress-of-fusion/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://asiatimes.com/2023/08/iter-fiasco-will-accelerate-the-progress-of-fusion/</a>

IT NewsITER Dreams and the Practical Reality of Making Nuclear Fusion Work On Earth - Doing something for the first time is tough. Yet to replicate the nuclear fusion p... - <a href="https://hackaday.com/2023/07/06/iter-dreams-and-the-practical-reality-of-making-nuclear-fusion-work-on-earth/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://hackaday.com/2023/07/06/iter-dreams-and-the-practical-reality-of-making-nuclear-fusion-work-on-earth/</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/hackadaycolumns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#hackadaycolumns</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/nuclearfusion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#nuclearfusion</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#science</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/rants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#rants</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/iter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#iter</a>

Corey S PowellA fusion breakthrough at NIF is likely to boost support for big government projects like ITER & drive investment into the more experimental, higher-risk private efforts. That's a formula for more rapid advances. 8/n <a href="https://nautil.us/the-road-less-traveled-to-fusion-energy-237835/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://nautil.us/the-road-less-traveled-to-fusion-energy-237835/</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Fusion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Fusion</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Iter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Iter</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NIF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NIF</a>

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