Fusion News: Science World Report – ITER Research Plan to Achieve Fusion Energy Reassessed by Leading Plasma Scientists
Certain hurdles regarding ITER have brought world-leading plasma scientists as well as scientists and engineers from the ITER program in order to reassess and update the ITER research plan, as reported by Science World Report in their article “ITER Research Plan to Achieve Fusion Energy Reassessed by Leading Plasma Scientists:”
However, since the schedule for the installation of some of the critical components has changed, the physics community sees itself confronted with some essential uncertainties. “For example, cost pressures have necessitated a rescheduling of the installation date of some of the key ITER measurement systems and elements of the heating and current drive systems,” says David Campbell, Head of ITER’s Plasma Operation Directorate. “It is therefore up to us to define the requirements from the physics side to ensure that we can achieveITER’s ambitious scientific goals within the foreseen timeframe.”
