No, ITER will not be used as a power plant. Think of it as an experimental device like the LHC. The findings from ITER will be used to build DEMO which will be able to output power continuously. And DEMO's findings will be used to create PROTO, a commercial power plant. Sometime after 2050. Maybe longer.
And if you want to be really technical, we've had fusion reactors for decades, but ITER should be the first one that produces more energy than it consumes.
swebs|5 years ago
And if you want to be really technical, we've had fusion reactors for decades, but ITER should be the first one that produces more energy than it consumes.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DEMOnstration_Power_Station
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PROTO_(fusion_reactor)