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Gandhinagar(Gujarat) based Institute of Plasma research (IPR) will contribute 10 percent of ITER (International Thermonuclear Experiment Reactor) project to achieve nuclear fusion. IPR will spend 2500 crore for building 10 percent of ITER machine in next ten years. 2500 crore, which is Indian part of spending in ITER project will be provided by India’s atomic energy department to IPR. IPR is assigned 9 packages of job under ITER project.

ITER is a joint international research and development project that aims to demonstrate the scientific and technical feasibility of fusion power. Through major 7 nations’ collabration more than half the world’s population has come together to make fusion power possible. This has happened on such a large scale only second time after the international space station project. The concept is to have best from every participating nation and to build fusion reactor for mankind. Fusion reactor would be like artificial-controlled sun on the earth that will give continuous energy on cheaper cost. The partners in the ITER project are the European Union, Japan, the people’s republic of China, India, the republic of Korea, the Russian federation and the USA. Iter will be constructed in Europe, at Cadarache in the south of France.

Mr. Janez potocnik, The European Commissioner for Science and Research visited Ahmedabad on 9th of February and talked to reporters about ITER’s future plans. He said “ The ITER is a 30 year project. In the first 10 years, the reactor will be built in France before 2016 and in the next 20 years, experiments will be conducted for power generation. This is a 500 MW project. Thus ITER will take another 45 years (2050) to commercially exploit nuclear fusion power. The demonstration of the nuclear fusion reactor is expected by 2035.”

Mr. Kaw, director of IPR said that India will be benefited by ITER in two ways. India will contribute 10 percent and will be able to get knowledge of rest of the 90 percent which would be contributed by the world. India will be able to use this knowledge for its energy need. India will also be benefited by owning related intellectual property rights.

It should be noted here that IPR has it’s medium size Tokamak ‘Aditya’ at Gandhinagar(Gujarat). This Steadystate Superconducting Tokamak(SST-1)’s experience was noted by the world and 10 percent job of ITER was assigned to IPR, Gandhinagar.

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Related article in Indian Express daily, Institute of Plasma Research Gandhinagar(Gujarat) – Official website , Everything about ITER project on ITER’s official website, ITER project: India becomes full partner(The Hindu article) , India joins nuclear fusion club-BBC story , Unofficial ITER fan club website

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