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		foolfoolz on Sept 8, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Korean nuclear fusion reactor achieves 100M°C for ... the U. S. has spent more on ukraine in the last year than on ITER since it’s inception. ITER isn’t slow because it’s big it’s slow because of how it’s funded

DennisP on Sept 8, 2022 [–]

But the US alone has spent more on ITER than CFS will spend on SPARC.

This isn't entirely ITER's fault. The superconductor technology SPARC is using didn't exist when ITER was designed.

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