ITER is still well under way as far as fusion goes. I doubt room temp super conductors will ever be a thing though. If we can get a metalic material which superconducts above the boiling point of nitrogen then that will be world changing enough.

[–] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca -1 points 23 hours ago (7 children)

LOL. ITER is not and has never been meant to be a fusion power plant. That would be DEMO.

Don't hold your breath.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DEMOnstration_Power_Plant

Fusion power will never, ever happen. Ever.

[–] nymnympseudonym@lemmy.world 1 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) (1 children)

Look at CFS SPARC, not ITER

They will have an actual functioning fusion machine with Q>10 by end of this year thanks to high temperature superconductors that were not available when ITER started

https://cfs.energy/

[–] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 1 points 11 hours ago

Thanks for the laugh!

I've put a note in my calendar for December 2025.

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