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• Prime Minister at the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) at the start of the ITER Assembly.

About the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER)

• Energy project located in Cadarache, Southern France.
• First fusion device to maintain fusion for long periods of time.
• ITER will work on the “Tokamak” concept where the reaction of hydrogen isotopes Deuterium and Tritium produces energy by the mass-energy conversion principle, thereby proving to be a source of unlimited energy.
• Launched in 1995
• Consortium of 35 countries are developing it.
• ITER members: European Union, China, India, USA, Japan, Russia and South Korea.
• India formally joined the ITER Project in 2005.
• The European Union being the host party contributes 45 per cent while the rest of the parties contribute nine per cent each.
• Most of these contributions are through "in-kind" procurement of ITER components.
• Indian Contribution:
  • Cryostat,
  • In vessel shields,
  • Contributions to the cooling water,
  • Cryogenic and cryo-distribution systems,
  • Auxiliary heating devices using rf and beam technologies,
  • Multi megawatt power supplies
  • Several diagnostics to help ITER

Reference:https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/prime-minister-narendra-modi-at-assembly-of-worlds-largest-fusion-reactor-vasudhaiva-kutumbakam-2271064#:~:text=New%20Delhi%3A,Minister%20Narendra%20Modi%20has%20said.

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