ITER, The Machine of the Future

            After 8 years, billions of dollars, and representatives from 35 countries working in collaboration, scientists have developed a machine called the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor, or in short, ITER. ITER focuses on the act of fusion. Fusion takes two hydrogen atoms, then forces them together to allow a bond to occur between the atoms. Once the bond occurs with the hydrogen atoms, helium 5 is created; a neutron is expelled from the atom along with energy and the atom of helium. This reaction takes place within a “magnetic bottle” (a magnetic field to contain the immense heat which is produced), inside of the ITER. During the process of making energy, ITER produces little to no pollution or excess carbon. This reactor could solve the world’s energy crisis and save the earth from a global collapse.

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