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Building a nuclear reactor is like a symphony orchestra: it requires all hands.   About Ignited: How Close is Fusion Energy?  Lasers ignited a successful nuclear fusion reaction for the first time. But there are quite some obstacles to overcome to move nuclear fusion technology into something we can really use. What forecast is realistic?   The nuclear fusion breakthrough has raised high hopes for clean power. This documentary shows the context behind the breakthrough. It explains nuclear fusion, one of the most complicated things you can imagine, in a way that a broad audience will be able to understand what it really means for us. The audience will be impressed by the huge and complex international fusion experiments. Watching and maybe smiling about the artistic graphic animations, they will grasp what's going on in a nuclear fusion reaction, why it is so hard to create it on earth and how the different nuclear fusion approaches try to make it happen.    Subscribe to the EarthX Media channel for more clips: https://www.youtube.com/@EarthXMedia   EarthX & EarthXtra  Love Our Planet.  The Official Network of Earth Day.    About Us:  At EarthX, we believe our planet is a pretty special place. The people, landscapes, and critters are likely unique to the entire universe, so we consider ourselves lucky to be here. We are committed to protecting the environment by inspiring conservation and sustainability, and our programming along with our range of expert hosts support this mission. We’re glad you’re with us.     EarthX is a media company dedicated to inspiring people to care about the planet. We take an omni channel approach to reach audiences of every age through its robust 24/7 linear channel distributed across cable and FAST outlets, along with dynamic, solution oriented short form content on social and digital platforms. EarthX is home to original series, documentaries and snackable content that offer sustainable solutions to environmental challenges. EarthX is the only network that delivers scientific, entertaining, educational, and inspiring topics that impact and inspire our lives on climate and sustainability.    For more about EarthX Media, visit our website: https://earthxmedia.com/    FOLLOW US:  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/earthxmedia/  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/earthxmedia  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EarthXMedia/  TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@earthxmedia  Dailymotion: https://www.dailymotion.com/earthxmedia    WHERE TO WATCH:   EarthX - Cable:  - Spectrum  - AT&T U-verse (1267)  - DIRECTV (267)  - Philo  - NCTC   EarthXtra - Free Streaming:  - Plex  - Fire TV  - Xumo  - Sling  - Vizio  - Amazon Prime    #EarthDay #Environment #Sustainability #EcoFriendly #Conservation #EarthX #EarthXtra

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00:08So, if you like music, you may like a symphonic orchestra, because you have so many instruments.

00:15There is a bit of that, you know, as an engineer, this is a very, very interesting field of research.

00:22Thirty-five nations are involved.

00:25Thirty-thousand people are working on it, a tokamak which is said to release ten times more energy than was

00:32previously put into it.

00:39ITER is considered the last stage before a reactor, an industrial prototype, so it is very important.

00:47But the biggest difficulty of the tokamak is the plasma. The hot gas is chaotic, and its behavior is almost

00:54impossible to predict.

00:56From one second to the next, turbulence can make the plasma unstable.

01:01The plasma of a tokamak can be imagined as a tube. The magnetic structure and the current bend the plasma

01:08slightly.

01:09This causes instabilities. The plasma wants to return to its original state.

01:16Every now and then, small plasma particles can escape the magnetic cage, hit the wall and ablate atoms.

01:24These, in turn, contaminate the plasma and extract energy from it, energy that is missing for fusion.

01:32The instabilities can increase until the plasma is no longer captured magnetically, but bangs against the wall.

01:40The plasma flow breaks off.

01:42You can't afford to do that when the reactor is operating at full load.

01:51Otherwise, the reactor will be damaged. The repair can take months. That's not possible.

01:55That's impossible.

01:57Whatever!

02:01Protots German

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