ITER
The international megaproject building the largest tokamak to prove burning-plasma physics at scale.
- Type
- Large D–T tokamak
- Role
- Burning-plasma physics
ITER is a large international tokamak under construction to demonstrate a burning D–T plasma at the scale of a power reactor. As a public project it establishes physics and engineering that the whole field, Kronos included, builds on.
Kronos anchors its confinement assumptions to the multi-machine database ITER helped consolidate, taking a compact, high-field route to complementary ends.
Common questions
ITER is the large international tokamak under construction to demonstrate fusion at scale. Kronos cites it as a source of the confinement and engineering database its design draws on.
Not directly — ITER is public science proving physics at scale; Kronos commercialises focused products. Its breeder's case does not depend on ITER's outcome.