ITER's declared target date for the start of deuterium-tritium operation
Under the baseline update presented in June 2024, the start of deuterium-tritium operation at ITER is a stated programme target of 2039, four years later than the 2016 reference baseline, with the start of research operations targeted for 2034 and full magnetic energy for 2036. This record exists to hold a declared target, not a forecast. ITER's dates have moved more than once and this Journey makes no claim about whether they will move again or be met.
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Subjects
- ITER · research facility · France
- Tritium · isotope · not located
- Tritium breeding blanket · engineering system · not located
Evidence
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Updated baseline presented to the 34th ITER Council
ITER's current programme targets, the magnitude of slippage against the 2016 reference baseline, and the change of first wall material to tungsten
ITER Organization · 2024-06 · Verified
ITER Organization newsline, iter.org 'Updated baseline presented' and 'New baseline to prioritize robust start to exploitation', reporting the 34th ITER Council meeting of 19–20 June 2024; start of research operations 2034, full magnetic energy 2036 (three years later than the 2016 baseline), start of deuterium-tritium operation 2039 (four years later), first wall material changed from beryllium to tungsten
Recorded on ITER
- JET's DTE1 campaign sets the first deuterium-tritium fusion power record
- ITER adopts the 2016 reference baseline
- JET's DTE2 campaign releases 59 MJ in a single pulse
- NIF achieves target gain greater than unity for the first time
- JET ceases plasma operations after 105,842 pulses
- JET sets the single-pulse fusion energy record of 69.26 MJ
- ITER presents an updated project baseline to the ITER Council
- ITER's declared target date for the start of deuterium-tritium operation
Related
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- ITER presents an updated project baseline to the ITER Council · 2024-06-19
- JET sets the single-pulse fusion energy record of 69.26 MJ · 2023-10-03
- JET ceases plasma operations after 105,842 pulses · 2023-12
- NIF achieves target gain greater than unity for the first time · 2022-12-05
- JET's DTE2 campaign releases 59 MJ in a single pulse · 2021-12
- ITER adopts the 2016 reference baseline · 2016
- JET's DTE1 campaign sets the first deuterium-tritium fusion power record · 1997