World's Largest Nuclear Fusion Reactor!
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 Published On Nov 21, 2023

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Creator - Jade Tan-Holmes
Video Producer/Editor - Chaylon Fraser
Animations - Standard Productions
Cinematographer - Simon Mackenzie
Music - epidemicsound.com

Chapters
0:00 - 1:06 Intro
1:06 - 4:20 Why we care about nuclear fusion
4:20 - 7:53 Welcome to ITER!
7:53 - 9:40 Meet our tour guide Richard
9:40 - 10:49 How nuclear fusion works
10:49 - 12:06 The ITER tokamak
12:06 - 14:03 Plasma creation
14:03 - 15:45 Reaching ignition (self-heating plasma)
15:45 - 18:00 Confining the plasma
18:00 - 18:46 Electricity generation
18:46 - 21:49 Civil engineering with Grady
21:49 - 25:41 WHEN will we have commercial nuclear fusion?
25:41 - 28:11 Thanks Nebula!
28:11 - 29:05 Thoughts on the drive home

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