Will Iter Break Even?

Assuming the same ηheat = 0.7 and ηelec = 0.4, ITER (in theory) could produce as much as 112 MW of heating. This means ITER would operate at engineering breakeven.

Is ITER a waste of money?

A popular science book Sun in a Bottle dubbed it the “science of wishful thinking.” Political opponents in Europe say ITER has wasted huge amounts of public money on a supposed miraculous technology. ... Today, ITER scientists are cautious regards timelines, acknowledging that full-scale fusion plants are decades away.

Is ITER a failure?

Frankly, ITER is one of those huge failed projects that just won't admit failure for mostly political reasons. ... The amount of money freely given to fund ITER is ridiculous. The amount of companies collaborating with academics on it is in the hundreds. It has so many governments invested in it ...

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