The World's Biggest Fusion Reactor Just Hit A Milestone

The World's Biggest Fusion Reactor Just Hit A Milestone Authored by Haley Zaremba via OilPrice.com, The final components of ITER's central solenoid magnet -- a 59-foot, 3,000-tonne superconducting system 15 years in the making -- have arrived in France, clearing a major path toward first plasma. ITER will never supply electricity to the grid; it exists purely as a research tool, and at €22 billion and counting, it's still years from achieving its primary milestone. A wa...