The First Plasma discharge in the ITER tokamak is expected for 2025 with deuterium–tritium plasma operation ten years later. We spoke with ITER’s Director-General, Bernard Bigot, and Tim Luce, head of ITER’s Science & Operations Department, about the current status of the project and potential future directions in fusion research.
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Reichert, S. Inside ITER. Nat. Phys. 16, 895–897 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-020-1023-5
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