Blank Howdy Vorts, Notice the carefully constructed descriptive words used in the below web links to ITER What if the intended purpose of ITER differs from the announced intentions? Who could discern and what could that purpose be? Can an conclusion be drawn that LENR work is in conflict with ITER work? If in conflict, does this give reason for their opposition to LENR research? Are LENR researchers devoting time ,money and energy toward opposing ITER ? Inquiring minds wish to know. Richard
ITER A proposed international experimental fusion reactor based on the tokamak concept. ITER's mission is to demonstrate the scientific and technological feasibility of fusion energy ... Ministers from the seven Parties of the international nuclear fusion project ITER (China, European Union, India, Japan, the Republic of Korea, the Russian Federation and the United States of America) came together November 21,2006 to sign the agreement to establish the international Organization that will implement the ITER fusion energy project.The study of burning plasmas has been identified as the next major step in the world fusion program. The worldwide community of fusion researchers has reached a consensus that the scientific and technological basis is sufficient to proceed to a burning plasma experiment — one in which the plasma is heated predominantly by alpha particles produced in deuterium-tritium fusion reactions. An unprecedented international collaboration of scientists and engineers has performed needed research and development and designed a burning plasma experiment called ITER, which in Latin means "the way." The fusion power produced by ITER will be at least 10 times greater than the external power delivered to heat the plasma. The United States has joined the European Union, Japan, the Russian Federation, China, Korea, and India in negotiations for the establishment of the ITER Joint Implementation Agreement. ITER will be built in Cadarache, France, with operation beginning by the end of 2016. Additional information can be found at http://www.iter.org.
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