INSIDE THE WORLD'S BIGGEST BET ON FUSION ENERGY

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The International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) is the world's biggest bet on fusion energy. At an estimated cost of $22 billion, ITER is a donut-shaped vacuum chamber designed to contain temperatures 10 times hotter than the core of the Sun. The project is so daunting in scale that longtime geopolitical rivals are collaborating on the project, pooling their resources to share in its potential risks and rewards. This article provides an overview of the project and contains a video showing what the heart of the experiment looks like.