
What is a tokamak? - ITER
The tokamak is an experimental machine designed to harness the energy of fusion; inside a tokamak, a fusion plasma is created and confined by strong magnetic fields. The energy produced through the …
ITER - the way to new energy
Conceived at the very frontier of what is possible to design, manufacture, and assemble, the ITER device— a tokamak —will be the world’s largest and most powerful, capable of creating a “little star” …
60 years of progress - ITER
The Soviet machine was a doughnut-shaped magnetic confinement device called a tokamak. From this time forward, the tokamak configuration was to become the dominant concept in fusion research, …
Making it work - ITER
In ITER, fusion will be achieved in a tokamak device that uses magnetic fields to contain and control the hot plasma. The plasma particles are heated—that is, sped up—by different types of auxiliary …
Facts & Figures - ITER
Tokamak reactor? If you haven't heard about ITER, you will soon. Here you can find interesting facts and figures about the project.
International tokamak research
A framework for coordinating fusion research activities internationally is the International Tokamak Physics Activity (ITPA), operated under ITER auspices since 2008.
The machine - iter.org
One million components, ten million parts; find out more about the ITER tokamak and its systems by choosing a section below.
Building ITER
Thirty-nine buildings and technical areas house the ITER Tokamak and its plant systems. The heart of the facility—the Tokamak Building—is a seven-storey structure in reinforced concrete that sits 13 …
EAST demonstrates 1000-second steady-state plasma - ITER
China's Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST) has made an important advance by achieving stable 1056-second steady-state high-temperature plasma operation, setting a record for …
After ITER
India is proposing to build a fusion pilot plant with fusion power of 200–300 MW to establish the power performance, tritium breeding and its re-use over sufficiently long pulses, and electricity production …