Thursday, April 16, 2009

The ITER project


Control on Earth of a «miniature Sun " to get back the energy which it emit: such is the objective of the program of International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor.

These new reactors shall use the principle of the nuclear fusion, and not the fission, as make it current reactors.

Advantages:
-iter will not emit of greenhouse gases - iter will not generate radioactive waste persistent element radioactive the period of which is lower or 30-year-old equal (the period of the tritium is 12,3-year-old equal)
- abundance of reagent necessities
- Possibility of covering all the needs in energy of the planet

Inconveniences:
-the nuclear fusion is maybe only a dream - project enormously costly (10 billion euro) which is not on to make a success. This money could serve for developer the renewable and useful energies of today.

-Concern the long term (not before 2050)

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