The cad files maybe. But the scientific reasearch is intrestingly inconsistent or controversial. You can build a unicorn catcher, it doesn't mean uncorns exist.
@sidehop2 ай бұрын
How many 5.25" floppy disks 😏
@chris-hayes2 ай бұрын
I was thinking about that, do they have all the parts in one software? This might be the most complex machine ever made.
@DanM0123242 ай бұрын
@@gekfurianexcept Fusion does exist. It powers the sun and our nuclear weapons. Controlling it is the hard part..
@Fenthule2 ай бұрын
Wow Fred. The honour in being able to go to ITER is immense. That truly shows the reach that this channel has. I can't imagine what kinds of security clearances you had to go through to get in there and film that. Truly dedicated to the cause of advancing/showcasing human engineering and construction. Bravo.
@AluminumOxide2 ай бұрын
I had the same pleasure of visiting back in February
@Imaboss8ball2 ай бұрын
Considering that any country is allowed to participate i doubt the security is that strict.
@silverXnoise2 ай бұрын
Also, getting Hans Zimmer to compose the soundtrack to a KZbin video. Really impressive.
@WorldfreeFreemark2 ай бұрын
Honor? It's a propaganda piece. I'd be surprised if they didn't pay him. What's the price of deuterium? Tritium?
@andrea311019962 ай бұрын
@@WorldfreeFreemark found the idiot
@figmp42 ай бұрын
this is the shit that makes me want to stick around forever just to see what humans do. the good, the bad, and the ugly.
@italianbasegard2 ай бұрын
Doesn’t matter how much you want to “stick around forever”. We’ve all got our clocks ticking, and will all die eventually, no matter how bad we want otherwise
@ward73372 ай бұрын
@@italianbasegardno shit 😂
@FatTracksMusic2 ай бұрын
@@italianbasegardgood god what a radical concept thank you for telling all of us and not wasting anybodys time
@ClaytonTownley2 ай бұрын
Yeah, I'm pissed about our 80-year lifespans, too. Would really love to see what the world looks like in 1000 years.
@friedpizza2622 ай бұрын
@@ClaytonTownley I can imagine someone said that 1000 years ago, and another again 1000 years from now
@Marvid2362 ай бұрын
What always frustrates me about the topic of ITER are the people who complain about the costs. Current estimates are around 22 billion euros over the entire construction period. Even if it ends up being 30 or 40 billion, that’s a joke compared to what, for example, the USA spends on military expenses-over 900 billion per year! Even a smaller country like Germany spends 60 billion per year. The ITER project is so important for all of humanity. It could solve many problems and even conflicts. I wish it would receive more attention and less criticism.
@lukasvavrich33492 ай бұрын
Exactly. Since this project is for the advancement of all of humanity, even if it costs 100 times that it will be worth it.
@hydromic25182 ай бұрын
Exactly, the ISS cost around $150 billion but it taught us so much about how the body reacts to extended periods of time in space, and so much form the many other experiments. Not to mention the knowledge gained from building it, like water purification.
@JohanHultin2 ай бұрын
Just because others waste more doesn't make this less a waste, now that's assuming the completed construction is a failure. Which I doubt, even though I am not sure this will be that defining moment in Fusion, I don't know what else would so this build is as good a guess as any I suppose.
@maythesciencebewithyou2 ай бұрын
If only those people knew how much it costs to build a single modern nuclear power plant. It's in the same ballpark as ITER so far. Adjusted for inflation, the Manhattan project cost 30 billion.
@DavidMulderOne2 ай бұрын
If it works out it will be money well spend for sure, the 'irritating' thing is that it's a 28 year long construction project in the base case scenario. More realistically it will take longer. And even if it succeeds, it will take decades more before they figure out how to commercialize it, as every step along the 28 year way probably is crazy custom. That's not to say it's a mistake to spend the money, but it's one of the biggest gambles I think ever where the result was very much unknown (like sure, something like the space race was incredibly expensive, but every step along the way wasn't that big of a gamble based on the previous step... but maybe I am overestimating the risk of ITER being a 'failure')
@johnhaynes7102 ай бұрын
Absolutely fascinating! As a blind person I thank you for the verbal content. So much text is used today so this is a breath of fresh air and I love it!
@nicholassimmons97062 ай бұрын
This is the kind of thing that every human should be cheering for and wanting to be a part of.
@swampy1234Ай бұрын
Why?
@OxyDoesItАй бұрын
@@swampy1234time to use your critical thinking skills
@arnold8746Ай бұрын
@@swampy1234nevermind young fella. Ask mummy when she is done wrestling with her friend in the bedroom.
@zvotaisvfi8678Ай бұрын
no. because it will NEVER WORK. what they are building is a Giant Fuse.
@AhzealionАй бұрын
@@swampy1234 Its one hell of a culmination of human advancement concentrated in a single project being contributed to globally, and if its successful it will be one of the most important experiments in human history. Also, its cool.
@daa39302 ай бұрын
Sees the title So is this video going to be about the time when Germans tried to build an airport? /s
@TheB1M2 ай бұрын
Haha, we'll cover that soon!
@Alvias2 ай бұрын
Well, we might not be able to build a functioning airport but at least we excel at railway infrastructure. ... Oh well.
@Direkin2 ай бұрын
LOL! I had almost forgotten about that one.
@donc-m49002 ай бұрын
I thought, building the high speed rail the the Northeast Corridor in the US. Still waiting.
@GordonFreeman-sl6pi2 ай бұрын
@@Alvias See, I don't understand that. Why, with all the German know-how and industrial expertise, they haven't managed a better system. It has to be politics, I refuse to believe Germany isn't capable of doing it.
@TRCFL2 ай бұрын
While it seems 90% of humans are hell bent on destroying each other, it’s refreshing to be reminded there are still a group of us who are working hard to build a better future.
@---yx7ti2 ай бұрын
its actually like 10 percent trying to fuck everyone over, and succeeding
@OzGoober2 ай бұрын
Thank you.
@OneEyedMonkey90002 ай бұрын
Most just want to get along. Truely. Don’t let the bot armies fool you! ❤
@AzureDefiance37012 ай бұрын
Stupid politicians man
@damstay2 ай бұрын
Lol! No.
@Level80SevenАй бұрын
A complex project like this deserves a complex video like this. Well done putting it together and explaining things.
@hawtpotato902102 ай бұрын
French scientists: we can build it at my house, my parents are cool.
@nands1112 ай бұрын
The Japanese wanted to build it in their house. But unfortunately... earthquakes.
@LtdJorge2 ай бұрын
@@nands111 and space
@DavidDavoDavidson2 ай бұрын
I think it’s because the French have a bunch of nuclear know how within their country.
@calebmhorvath2 ай бұрын
only time french government is generous with anything concerning it's property lmao
@nands1112 ай бұрын
@@DavidDavoDavidson fission know how doesn't really help for fusion
@azharel2 ай бұрын
The B1M team is the hardest working KZbinr.. They have been travelling around the globe to deliver the best construction contents. Appreciate the hard work!
@ChatGPT11112 ай бұрын
Just think. If the U.S. wasn't defending all of Europe and the EU had to foot their entire bill, they never would've been able to do any of this.
@aethericgaming90682 ай бұрын
@@ChatGPT1111 Yeah at least try and hide the ignorance of using that name mate.
@ChatGPT11112 ай бұрын
@@aethericgaming9068 I'm sorry, did I strike a nerve? 🤣😂🤣
@krashd2 ай бұрын
@@ChatGPT1111 No, you aren't capable of such a thing.
@tcf70tyrannosapiensbonsai2 ай бұрын
¿?
@gadoatl51332 ай бұрын
The people behind projects like this are the true heroes of the planet.
@mohdrashid83362 ай бұрын
Proud to be part of ITER Project. our company "INETEC" has developed inspection modules to inspect 9+ ITER components!!
@egor.okhterov2 ай бұрын
This must feel truly special and rewarding 😊
@TML06772 ай бұрын
While Billions of ppl are starving, you are wasting money on nothing
@HENRIVICTORIOUS12 ай бұрын
@@TML0677You are talking out your arse mate. Lol.
@tightwad2 ай бұрын
Did u check the code for Y2K compliance like INITECH from "Office Space"? Don't trust Milton w any Orange staplers or dock his paychecks 😮
@Vastral_Nihil2 ай бұрын
What about the TPS reports?
@GamingGrenade12 ай бұрын
I've been looking forward to this since the announcement on Monday
@TheB1M2 ай бұрын
It's been a long 2 days 😅
@trudy__taylorandjorjamummy2 ай бұрын
@@TheB1M I thought I'd seen something like this recently, then thought I was going crazy cos Fred wouldn't post the same video twice!! ❤❤
@Mr20theprophet2 ай бұрын
As an ironworker . Couldn’t even begin to imagine how much rebar went into the ground to support all of the equipment, machinery and structure.
@michaelhess48252 ай бұрын
That would make a KILLER multiplayer level...for any game!
@prodstevie2 ай бұрын
So true!
@KangoV2 ай бұрын
Break out the pups from Prometheus and start scanning :)
@Level80SevenАй бұрын
In a new Killzone game or something, like the Stahl Arms map featured in Killzone 3. Make it a wintermap aswell and it might look super impressive with all frozen and burning parts.
@RussetPotato2 ай бұрын
Huge experiment just to understand plasma and fusion principles and I am all for it.
@cakeisalie2 ай бұрын
fusion could mean as much as interstellar travel (minus the cryo-sleep concept)
@voidocvali2 ай бұрын
@@cakeisalie If you sleep close to cooling system for the magnets, it's close to cry-sleep concept....
@lazymass2 ай бұрын
@@voidocvalidid we solve the problem of water crystallization making it possible to freeze human body without destroying our cells? Because the one thing is cooling, but the other thing is cooling that won't destroy our cells
@@LtdJorge If that means a lot of alcohol in blood stream is part of the solution for cryo, I'm going to keep preparing.
@virtualcircuit2 ай бұрын
I work on power stations, and we have massive setbacks on systems we sell as "Products" as in we have built similar ones beforehand, even then we hit major hickups often during construction and commissioning. I can't imagine how complex the design and commissioning is for something has never been built before. It is basically product prototyping at the edge of physics.
@firstlast-ty4di2 ай бұрын
Imagine this reactor sustaining fusion for 5 minutes in one day. I don't think it's likely, but imagine it anyway. After running such an experiment, researchers would examine reactor components for wear and damage. They would assess that examination to see what kind on repairs and changes would be needed prior to the next experiment. They would also decide how long the next experiment could be run without the risk of a dangerous failure. They might be ready for the next run in about 6 months. After a period of years, researchers might be able to sustain fusion continuously for 1 hour. At that point, the facility will not be able to economically and safely continue. But, we will know many things that we don't anticipate today. This will enable the design of the next generation of research fusion reactor. With the lessons learned in the construction of ITER, the next device might only require 20 years to build. That next device would still not produce commercial electricity, but it could employ actual experimental electrical generation facilities to uncover the challenges that facet of full-scale design would encounter. 60 years ago, I studied the development of "pinch" fusion reactors when I was doing my undergraduate studies. Pinch has made way for more promising approaches such as tokamak used at ITER. I will not live to see what progress we will make in the next 60 years. I hope we keep getting closer.
@abcdefg45702 ай бұрын
I hope I'll get to see this technology succeed one day! In 60 years, I will be 79 years old, if I am lucky. Even thinking that far into the future is scary, however.
@pendrodor2 ай бұрын
@@abcdefg4570 in 60 years you could see us using this technology as a space propulsion :) reaching far planets of our solar system :) and one day even alpha centauri
@abcdefg45702 ай бұрын
@@pendrodor That would be amazing!! I wonder what the world will look like when I am an old man! I want to stay young forever, but aging is inevitable, and I will appreciate every single day I have left! Even 2050 seems like science fiction, but soon, 2050 will be closer than 2000.. It's crazy.
@80AM.2 ай бұрын
@@abcdefg4570 not necessarily. plenty of research groups looking for a way to reverse aging. producing new results every day. one day it'll happen. sooner than later, too.
@pendrodor2 ай бұрын
@@abcdefg4570 we might be able to reverse,slow down aging or increase the lifespan or even freeze bodies without damage soon you might live up to that day I am rooting for you :) I am fairly young(26) so I hope one day I will get to see fusion propulsion unlocking our whole solar system for us and colonies on mars,venus,moons of asteroid belts,moons of jupiter and saturn :)
@Apodeipnon2 ай бұрын
28:43 congrats on becoming the representative for South Korea! What an honor!
@That_droper2 ай бұрын
😊
@tonitski2 ай бұрын
who?
@ITSTEEJCO2 ай бұрын
insane it only costs a fraction of what we spend on war
@oloplyflapdar7384Ай бұрын
get out of here with that common sense!
@mastershooter64Ай бұрын
But the people on the other side of the fence are a different color/ethnicity/language/religion therefore I hate them!
@hansborracho4350Ай бұрын
Because this machine is gonna blow up the friggin world once they turn it on
@jvillain99463 күн бұрын
You do realize these experiments are funded by the world governments so they can build fusion weapons. Governments only fund research for weapons, then after a couple decades they might let the tech role down hill for consumer use.
@nauthiz10012 ай бұрын
I've been following this thing for about a decade now, thank you for this amazing video. Can't wait to see it in action!
@aquual14622 ай бұрын
"I'm smilling not because the sun is shinning" - How to say you are British without saying you are British.
@TheB1M2 ай бұрын
Haha, you know it 😅
@aquual14622 ай бұрын
@@TheB1M Great video, great work. Hopefully one day we will see it working. It's such a long awaited project.
@procatprocat96472 ай бұрын
Speaking English properly is the sure sign of being British. Not some sorry attempt at English, like americans blurt out
@colin-nekritz2 ай бұрын
@@procatprocat9647I’m American, from the US, of the rare well-educated worldly variety having spent time in Europe, and I wholeheartedly endorse your remark: Proper English.
@guidoferri86832 ай бұрын
I know right, a real British would be in awe asking what is that yellow circle in the sky
@Ste-The-LeoАй бұрын
Why does youtube not have more wholesome channels like this one, dedicated to learning and education... You have my sub 😀
@eyestream55922 ай бұрын
The ingenuity of man is mindblowing 🤯
@TheB1M2 ай бұрын
It's incredible right. Shows the power of what we can achieve when we put our minds to it.
@eyestream55922 ай бұрын
❤@@TheB1M
@CastorRabbit2 ай бұрын
Oppenheimer levels of inspiration!
@tonyhussey36102 ай бұрын
I agree in this case.... but we have a terrible track record... sometimes I think we need a reset.. and go back to live with nature in forest... she has all the complete systems ..all in a beautiful symphony.. Man is no where close to that..
@CloudCoderChap2 ай бұрын
Even women too.
@om3g4z3r02 ай бұрын
Gordon doesn't need to hear all this, he's a trained professional.
@GordonFreeman-sl6pi2 ай бұрын
Damn right son
@HarrisonSanders-xb8wn2 ай бұрын
Now send him in. “AAAaaa- “.
@MikMoen2 ай бұрын
We've boosted the Reactor to 105%. Bit of a gamble, but we needed the extra energy output. They're waiting for you Gordon. In the Tokamaaaaac.
@robbieshand61392 ай бұрын
There's a slight fluctuation, no it's well within acceptable parameters...
@gb81842 ай бұрын
who ate all the donuts?
@MeticulousTechTVАй бұрын
I'm so glad there are projects like this still happening around the world. There is nothing more inspiring than when humanity comes together, across language barriers and national borders, to push the limits of what is possible and change the future forever. Absolutely incredible video B1M team, top notch professionalism and reverence for such a topic, thanks for making this!
@Rez4412 ай бұрын
I appreciate the Portal 2-like music when entering the heart of the machine 😂 at 20:00
@two2truths2 ай бұрын
I think its actually from Mass Effect... cant believe i recognized it
@RminusOR2 ай бұрын
Yeah, definitely Aperture / BlackMesa vibes
@MiroslavDrahos2 ай бұрын
I remember how I took a train ride from Prague towards my birthtown some 8 or 10 years ago. Don't really know when. There was a guy working on a computer next to me, he had some schemes of coils and wiring in front of him and it looked... you just knew it was something special. Then the announcement of low battery popped up, he looked into his NTB pouch...and cursed. He left his charger in the office. I happened to have my laptop of the same brand with me, so I gladly offered it for the progress of humankind. He plugged hic computer and continued working. I couldn't help myself from asking what it was. He carefully looked around and asked: "Do you know what a tokamak is?" I gasped. "I'm from Academy of science and I'm part of the team to design and construct the prototype of the nuclear fusion reactor." I hope this is where the work of him and my other countrymen comes to fruition. This is so damn exciting. Thank you for this video
@damstay2 ай бұрын
Yawn.
@mackit2 ай бұрын
What a cool story!
@ASDasdSDsadASD-nc7lf2 ай бұрын
A new power source is really not that important.
@docm60602 ай бұрын
@@ASDasdSDsadASD-nc7lf tf you mean not that important? ts could literally allow us to do anything. energy is the great limit of the universe. we ca genuinely think about colonizing other planets if we can build fusion plants there. it takes 250kg of DT to fuel the Tokamak for a whole year. that's NOTHING. the issue today is obtaining the tritium
@edwinvillalobos71592 ай бұрын
@@ASDasdSDsadASD-nc7lfone that mimics the sun at scale? Yes it is, and you’re absolutely delusional if you think otherwise, even the fact that fusion has happened THREE TIMES WITH A NET GAIN IN ENERGY WAS A HUGE DEAL TO THE SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY and that was small scale
@hummingpylon2 ай бұрын
"The power of thousand of suns in the palm of my hand"
@byucatch222 ай бұрын
I thought the exact same thing...👊
@arif8434Ай бұрын
dr octavious?
@Kalankit5409Ай бұрын
@@arif8434you from Egypt?
@zvotaisvfi8678Ай бұрын
false. completely false. completely completely false. the fusion reactor will never work. Every dollar they spend on this project today is another bad dollar after worse.
@mururoa70242 ай бұрын
A lot of people think this will be a power plant, but it's not really, it's primarily a research center. We've already proven fusion works. Now we need to prove it works at scale.
@thomasmaughan47982 ай бұрын
"We've already proven fusion works." We? Anyway, yes, we use a fusion splicer. Works great.
@Mrbfgray2 ай бұрын
It's to harvest unlimited taxpayer funds. Hope it leads to something but net energy output is not even close to economically viable, likely never will be for Earth.
@mururoa70242 ай бұрын
@@Mrbfgray Many dumb comments out there but you are the winner.
@lazymass2 ай бұрын
@@Mrbfgray i mean, we need to try... Maybe we never achieve it, nobody trully knows... But. It's so good potential source of energy that it would be so wrong to not try at all
@Mrbfgray2 ай бұрын
@@lazymass Depends on the opportunity cost and likelihood of success. Will it ever exceed the economic potential of indirect fusion when solar panels continue to dramatically decrease in cost and increase in efficiency and are already on par with the cheapest electric gen? I doubt it. Government initiatives like this are defined by inefficiencies and waste and take on a life of their own without regard to economics, often well past obsolescence. Hydrogen fuel is a classic example, gov funds STILL flowing into that when it's been obvious for decades it's never going be remotely cost effective. Vastly leaner, cheaper private fusion projects are in the works.
@alexminns22202 ай бұрын
Just in case the B1M hasn’t heard this enough, thank you. I love this.
@Kirovets7011Ай бұрын
An unbelievable huge Megaproject. But it makes me happy that so much country's are working TOGETHER. Because, that's SO hugely important. If we want to make a better world, than working together is the KEY to everything!! And this is a formidable example!!
@Thomas_79762 ай бұрын
One of best B1M videos i´ve seen! Great work, keep it up!
@koolsteins2 ай бұрын
May this be the greatest act of the indomitable human spirit of my lifetime.
@curtisgrindahl4462 ай бұрын
Or, perhaps, hubris... we'll see wont we.
@HarrisonSanders-xb8wn2 ай бұрын
@@curtisgrindahl446why would it be hubris?…
@fly4632 ай бұрын
@@HarrisonSanders-xb8wncuz he thinks this project won't succeed
@channingtaintum2 ай бұрын
Hey B1M, I'm building a tool shed in the backyard, if you guys wanna come cover the sheer size and scale of it just let me know. It might even have a light in there, I haven't decided yet.
@ZeroSpy_2 ай бұрын
I’ve always been fascinated by making an industrial grade fusion reactor, glad it’s research is actually picking up pace
@jameshawe2 ай бұрын
That is really part of human history. I wish everyone at ITER every success. Brilliant video
@StukovM1g2 ай бұрын
This is so enjoyable to watch. With the world in such madness, it's so heartening to see humanity at its best.
@_BullsEyeBob2 ай бұрын
For all mankind.
@Gurgio2 ай бұрын
You having a role in this, no matter how small, must be the most fullfiling thing a human can do... you are literally changing the course of human history.
@99cya2 ай бұрын
how is he having an impact in this?
@lonesome39582 ай бұрын
@@99cyamaybe promotional
@damstay2 ай бұрын
Lol. No.
@Elitegama22 ай бұрын
@@99cya Increasing visibility of the project, which may bring more talent onboard. It may also attract investors and capital.
@99cya2 ай бұрын
@@Elitegama2 with yt? I hope you are kidding. Wtf.
@BoxLaneProductions2 ай бұрын
This is 10 times more complicated than renovating your bathroom
@rotors_taker_0h2 ай бұрын
Who says we don't build cathedrals anymore?
@matisssvehs50942 ай бұрын
Right, this is next level
@FoxOnFilm22092 ай бұрын
A cathedral of science and progress
@hedgehog31802 ай бұрын
Absolutely shattering the mind of a medieval stone mason by taking them to see a suspension bridge.
@crknut2 ай бұрын
@@FoxOnFilm2209 All Hail the Almighty Atom!
@bruceclounie37162 ай бұрын
The Spanish. Lol
@scouserleigh2 ай бұрын
Brilliant video. Great work B1M team 🙌🏼
@TheB1M2 ай бұрын
Thank you so much!!
@ASDasdSDsadASD-nc7lf2 ай бұрын
@@TheB1M Why is there zero content in the video? You know what I mean.
@golfman92402 ай бұрын
Wow...the production qualities from B1M just keeps getting better and better...Well Done FRED and your Team👌👌👌👌👌
@Kung.Pao.Kitty.2 ай бұрын
ITER completion: 2036 California High Speed Rail: You guys have a timeline?
@imkerswanepoel95862 ай бұрын
Haha.
@hedgehog31802 ай бұрын
Who could have thought that chronic underfunding could slow down major projects.
@peeper20702 ай бұрын
irl equivalent of those over-the-top Minecraft builds
@mysticery2 ай бұрын
this is so mind blowing. how does it all begin? from the design, drawings etc. gosh.
@OfficialSamuelC2 ай бұрын
Ah long form content, thank god! I am much more likely to watch when a video is 20+ mins long.
@cyrilio2 ай бұрын
I've worked on some small international projects/teams. Every time I was part of such an initiative I always learned new things about other cultures and working methods. if you're ever able to work on international project or in an international team, DO IT! You won't regret it.
@eldannicholas2 ай бұрын
It's been an honor to have watched this channel for so long! INCREDIBLE video
@TedThomasTT2 ай бұрын
UK media at least does a poor job covering things like this. You are filling the gap 👍
@arinangel_2 ай бұрын
In a time when the world is swinging toward polarity, division and war, we need international projects like this, showing how we can overcome language and cultural divisions in common pursuits. We need the ISS of our generation and we need it to succeed.
@chilibaldrr8402 ай бұрын
There West is being ruled by the liberal governments and globalist elitists , how is it working out? It does not look good in my view., looks like a planned demolition.
@That_droper2 ай бұрын
Yeah 😊
@damstay2 ай бұрын
LOL! Delusional.
@quantum_beeb2 ай бұрын
5.9 billion seems cheap. USA has a football stadium (SoFi Stadium) that is $5.5 billion
@jefreaganАй бұрын
That $5 billion is JUST the cost overrun. Look at the beginning of the video again.
@edmhub5376Ай бұрын
it says at 23:46 its a 20B euro project
@teafanatic84522 ай бұрын
I hate sponsorships normally, but the way this channel does them is near perfect
@tbird-z1r2 ай бұрын
He fools a lot of people.
@MostAmazingEverything2 ай бұрын
Sometimes b1m videos stop showing up in my feed as much, I end up not seeing a single video for weeks, then this pops up and reminds me that this is probably one of the best channels on the whole of KZbin, this is what KZbin was made for 🔥
@VinceJones1sobrietymentor2 ай бұрын
The issue is Tritium. It is extremely rare. Current estimates put the total world wide stockpile at 25kgs and ITER will consume, by some estimates, over half of that amount. Additionally it has a half life of a little over 12 years so here is the catch: In order to breed tritium you need a working fusion reactor, and there may not be enough tritium to jump-start the first generation of power plants after ITERs experimental life (scheduled to run into the 2050's). The world’s only commercial sources are the 19 Canada Deuterium Uranium (CANDU) nuclear reactors, which each produce about 0.5 kilograms a year as a waste product, and half are due to retire this decade. The available tritium stockpile will peak before the end of the decade and begin a steady decline as it is sold off or decays, this according to projections in ITER’s own 2018 research plan.
@andrewrance2 ай бұрын
An amazing idea that somehow got missed in the video… Wonder if that’s the limiting factor or other sources of clean energy being a little less complex and potentially more affordable… or just the whole chain reaction thing that could turn the planet earth into another sun?
@dbenoa7532 ай бұрын
Then there is how you are going to extrac the heat to boil the water. Helion plans to skip that step. General Fusion will use molten lead for heat extraction.
@IAmMaarten2 ай бұрын
I believe ITER is designed to make the tritium in the fusion process itself
@VinceJones1sobrietymentor2 ай бұрын
@@IAmMaarten It is a "future hope" as stated in ITERS's 2018 research plan. The process is theoretical at this time and highly speculative as to the effectiveness long term since the viability of an extraction process from a "running" fusion reactor at 90 million degrees F is a huge unknown since the longest confirmed sustained fusion reaction to date is 6 minutes (the Chinese claim 17 minutes but it is unconfirmed).
@billbyrd51502 ай бұрын
Is Canada building new CANDU reactors to replace the ones being retired?
@aPhiluppus2 ай бұрын
"Now we are ready to put it in" ... "Early next year" ... so they were, in fact, not ready 😂
@JamoorulesАй бұрын
Knowing people like this are around makes me proud to be a human! Amazing feat
@CAZEGAMING2 ай бұрын
one of my favorite channels and i'm this early lesgooooooooo
@TheB1M2 ай бұрын
"one of" ??! We must work harder 😅
@CAZEGAMING2 ай бұрын
@@TheB1M that’s not a diss hahaha i can’t pick a favorite🤣
@faheezsyed2 ай бұрын
Hope this experiment gets completed in my lifetime
@austin374Ай бұрын
I love projects like this, it's not about politics or weapons. It's just an experiment for the betterment of humankind. I love learning about CERN, when that was being created and the mysteries of the universe can be discovered by us.
@ricklee66862 ай бұрын
Amazing story. Fusion is the holy grail of the 21st century. Something that will benefit everyone on Earth.
@captainnemo8072Ай бұрын
Type two civilization, baby!
@OxyDoesItАй бұрын
@@captainnemo8072not even close
@captainnemo8072Ай бұрын
@@OxyDoesIt dammit
@OxyDoesItАй бұрын
@@captainnemo8072 I do however believe sustainable fusion power will lead us into becoming a type-1 civilization and then it could snowball from there
@troyarrington5492Ай бұрын
@@OxyDoesItdamn. I was born too early 😞
@joshuaupham59932 ай бұрын
I'm betting I won't see this happen in my lifetime.
@bobeyes32842 ай бұрын
No but plenty of lying scientists will do very well out of it. Make a small fortune while claiming they need more money to make a new one as the last few dozen didn't work.
@MiixDJ2 ай бұрын
I have read (or watched, can't remember) a statement from one of the senior researchers/engineers working on the project that it is highly unlikely we are going to see fusion power in our lifetime with the current progress, unless some major breakthrough happens.
@bartdereu92672 ай бұрын
I think it will be way beyond 2050
@ndean72292 ай бұрын
I assure you it has already been achieved but at a much smaller scale, infact, he even states this in the video. Otherwise, there is no way this much would be invested in this large of a scale by so many countries. The real question to ask is when will it benefit society at large? Will Europeans actually benefit from affordable and sustainable energy sources? I say Europeans, specifically, because ITER is in France so they should and would be the first to benefit.
@MiixDJ2 ай бұрын
@@ndean7229 Yeah, fusion has been achieved and sustained for a 100s even, but we still can't get more power out of it than we have put in. And then there's scaling from experimental to production (once we figure out the first thing), and that part we likely won't live to see sadly.
@johnambers24 күн бұрын
This is a dinosaur that will be far surpassed by 2036(?) I was so excited by the first part of your report but then the facts set in. And for it not to be for public use is insane. The technology is already almost beaten by the new laser system that has already achieved proof of concept. Big waste of money and I live for this stuff.
@baahcusegamer45302 ай бұрын
May they succeed!!! Humanity needs this!!!
@DanielWSonntag2 ай бұрын
That earthquake protection structure in the basement is a work of art
@BaloneySandwichWithKetchupАй бұрын
this is not the most expensive science experiment by a long shot. but impressive none the less.
@mithrillis2 ай бұрын
While lesser men fight petty conflicts, these guys are going for wonder victory for all of us.
@super266Ай бұрын
The Pareto Principle explains the world (a.k.a the "80-20 rule"). 80% of the world is full of petty people, 20% push the envelope. 80% are idiots, 20% are geniuses. 80% of relationships are toxic, 20% are gold. 80% of humans are evil - demons hiding behind smiling masks - 20% are angels. The 80-20 rule explains the world and why it looks like a sewer factory. Let the 20% win against all odds.
@livelovelaugh21302 ай бұрын
This. This is what the best of humanity looks like.
@philosoraptor7772 ай бұрын
THIS is the kind of globalism we all need!
@yeknommonkey2 ай бұрын
“It can detect leaks the size of 1 millionth of a human hair” 😳
@hedgehog31802 ай бұрын
That's on the scale of individual molecules.
@dickard82752 ай бұрын
@@hedgehog3180Exactly. We use helium sniffers that count in mg/hr.
@rosjay_21199 күн бұрын
I would think if the SUN was leaking in France, people in South Africa would let you know.
@nitrosake2 ай бұрын
Imagine if the money spent on wars was spent on something like this. 26 billion is nothing compared to the worldwide spending on war...
@hedgehog31802 ай бұрын
26 billion isn't even enough to build a single aircraft carrier. This costs roughly the same as 7 Arleigh Burke class destroyers, for the same cost as a fraction of the USN we are developing world changing technology.
@oglordbrandon2 ай бұрын
The problem is that you need to produce hundreds or thousands of these reactors, if they all take 30 billion and 30 years to build, no one will build them.
@oglordbrandon2 ай бұрын
@@hedgehog3180Not true, you can build 2 Ford class carriers for that price, and that includes 2 nuclear reactors each. You could also produce 90 Príncipe de Asturias class carriers.
@krashd2 ай бұрын
@@oglordbrandon Why would they cost 30 billion or take 30 years? Do you seriously think machines cost as much as their prototype?
@AtheistfanGuava2 ай бұрын
@@oglordbrandonbecause they already know how to build it.
@lw43842 ай бұрын
Brilliant project and great video ! I like that you've included a short state of the art review of nuclear fusion at the end
@davidanalyst6712 ай бұрын
I can't believe the B1M did a video without explaining what a Tunnel Boring Machine, TBM does, and how its a massive machine that goes underground to dig tunnels
@two2truths2 ай бұрын
B1M has several videos on boring machines lol
@pcatful2 ай бұрын
@@two2truthsI think that was the point…He’s/She’s teasing.
@ASDasdSDsadASD-nc7lf2 ай бұрын
The whole video is a propaganda piece with zero content.
@Aerobird232 ай бұрын
Ah man seeing my fellow Indian engineers participating global efforts feels good. L&T is incredible from Submarines to such projects! 🇮🇳
@fly4632 ай бұрын
Yeah they are in IT-Services, Defence equipment , construction, and now this 😵💫 This company is going to become a very very big MNC giant 0_0
@ajayjangra81572 ай бұрын
Indian engineer.... In india = 🤡🐵🙊🙊🙈 In America = 🥇🎉😎💎
@TravelGeeqАй бұрын
I love this channel so much. Thanks for all the amazing content you make amigo !
@노진호-h4f2 ай бұрын
1985년 고르바초프 제안으로 1988년 설계 시작된 프로젝트가 D-T 반응 2039년 목표라니 이러다가 진짜 100년 프로젝트 되겠다 ㄷㄷㄷ
@tsunningwah34712 ай бұрын
choen😊
@ZurvanoxАй бұрын
So ist es.
@devmil94682 ай бұрын
Fred isn't the only one with goosebumps 😬
@aznetglobal403614 күн бұрын
Thanks Fred, I'm so in need of inspiration right now.
@thelawngnomeslayer2 ай бұрын
When they are finally ready to turn the reactor on they should get Ian McDiarmid to scream "UNLIMITED POWER!!!" when they hit the big red button!
@matisssvehs50942 ай бұрын
Or Jeremy Clarkson with "POWEEER!"
@BlueCollarMafia2 ай бұрын
Every tradesman would be top tier level. From the scaffold builders, concrete, plumbing, and I can’t even begin to imagine the electrician’s work. Not for the project itself but for the infrastructure for it.
@ASDasdSDsadASD-nc7lf2 ай бұрын
No reason for them to be. They hire regular joes for all of this.
@Critical_VAL2 ай бұрын
editing was on point wowie
@sirdamianmental2 ай бұрын
National ignition centre didn't include the power needed to generate the Lazer ( converting electric energy to light energy) which was much higher than the Lazer output. The experiment made a net power lose
@OneDeuxTriSeiGo2 ай бұрын
That's not really important because LLNL's NIF intentionally uses older, cheaper to maintain and calibrate laser infrastructure because they are a research facility and not a power generation facility. Its an intentional choice to use less efficient hardware because it makes their research easier without any negative impacts on said research.
@sirdamianmental2 ай бұрын
@@OneDeuxTriSeiGo what if it doesn't work? If it does who will pay for the billions of £ of free energy? Will we all stay at home making free toast watching free television
@OneDeuxTriSeiGo2 ай бұрын
@@sirdamianmental Do you mean NIF or ITER? NIF works just fine and this fusion research is honestly more of a side project for them. Their main job is running nuclear physics experiments with the purpose of improving the US's ability to effectively simulate nuclear weapons and predict the efficacy of the warheads in their stockpile without having to actually blow them up to verify they work. With ITER originally it was a question whether it would work or not. That's why the ramp up was so slow (10 years of testing from 2025-2035). Advances in materials and fusion research mean that ITER is actually significantly more powerful than it was originally intended to be. That's a large reason for the delays. As a result, we know the exact conditions ITER needs to succeed and it is comfortably capable of achieving them. So now the plan is to simply finish it and bring it up to full power as fast as possible because it should be guaranteed to work as long as the final few parts get built correctly and the assembly is done correctly.
@benwu79802 ай бұрын
It was worded something like ' the amount of energy put in to the capsule was exceeded by the amount that was released' which is true, but you are more correct when saying that total amount of energy used in the process was more than what got returned. It's a little similar to people thinking their EV is all 'zero emissions'.. true when being driven, but ignores the amount from the mining of what goes into batteries, how they're made, etc.
@sirdamianmental2 ай бұрын
@@benwu7980 a very good and relevant example 👍🏼
@bj63292 ай бұрын
TONY BUILT THIS IN A CAVE, WITH A BUNCH OF SCRAPS!!!
@aazeenhussainali7862 ай бұрын
we are not tony
@MachinifyАй бұрын
30:00 That's amazing. it's just incredible.
@Perriax2 ай бұрын
One of the most important projects of our time.
@pre23632 ай бұрын
Imagine the CAD file sizes on ProCore
@ooJiraiyaSamaАй бұрын
Like he said, it's really humbling when you think about it; how far we have come in such little time, and what humans could still do in the future if they work together. This video hits different.
@munindramohanta25842 ай бұрын
I never thought radioactive wastage was the reason why the current nuclear fission reactor not being used so widely. Cost and complications were the real reason. It doesnot seem these reactors would do any good in terms of cost or engineering complications. this is not to take away from the fact that what we have achieved is huge... this is freaking brilliant. But it is only successful if it is affordable by the society in a large scale.... right now it does not seem so.
@JonOsterman592 ай бұрын
This. People keep missing that fuel is not the main cost in fission reactors either and yet they don't produce that cheap. A fusion reactor seems ungodly expensive, the fuel could be free and still it would cost a lot to produce electricity. Still, mastering fusion is something I think humanity should work towards; just not using utopian promises.
@stayfrost042 ай бұрын
It's one of the components. Sure, Fission reactors are expensive, especially if you compare it with plummeting renewable costs like Solar and so when they do eventually run into overspend territory during construction the negative frenzy that spurs up isn't merely about the billions of USD that it costs but concerns about meltdown safety and waste management are also lumped together. If you ignore those two aspects, the cost in itself, while obviously more expensive than Solar, is still justifiable for our Energy Mix, especially if you're looking to expand the Base Load power. It why China is building so many of them, and India (where I am from) is in process constructing more NPPs to increase our Nuclear Power Generation by 4 times; as the latter two aspects, anecdotally speaking, don't play a major role in this part of the world. Back in 2015 I was fortunate enough to visit Narora Atomic Power Station and we got to talk the local residents of Narora village (an isolated village which is why this location was picked for the station) and none of them shared any concern about potential meltdown or radioactive waste. Its one thing to just be over budget but completely different for the governments to not only answer to the project spending but also assure the public that the very same public spending won't poison their water and air.
@hedgehog31802 ай бұрын
Cost can be reduced through economies of scale, however nuclear fission never really got to scale because of the political issues, especially around the waste. So far Finland is the only country in the world that has managed to build a long term deposition facility, and they're not willing to import waste. The fact that Fusion simply doesn't have this major hurdle makes it way easier to deploy at scale since there are literally no downsides. Like even renewable sources like wind has met opposition simply due to aesthetic preferences. Fusion doesn't even have this relatively minor problem since it's just a building so politically it is much easier.
@NATIK0012 ай бұрын
Problem of cost and complexity is an excuse and it always was, the real issue is and always have been public support for fission. Attempts to start new fission reactors are not stopped by economics in the vast majority of cases. Fission energy is incredibly cost efficient, but people are scared of accidents and radioactive waste. Modern developed nations have tons of huge complex costly components in them, most are never thought about or noticed by regular people and thus get funded, built and maintained in the background with no issues.
@vasiapatov45442 ай бұрын
If you want to have genuinely futuristic utopic technology, it is going to require a gargantuan upfront investment. It might not pay for itself in our lifetime - but eventually it will probably not just pay for itself, it will pay for everything.
@maerth272 ай бұрын
You can’t convince me that this isn’t the pinnacle of human achievement. This just proves how excellent we can be when we work together!
@MRsilverngold2 ай бұрын
They haven't achieved any thing yet,they are seeing major failures & there maybe no way this will ever actually work,delusional statement maerth27
@jb764892 ай бұрын
Late, over budget and too late to do any good, it is a good representation of humanity
@MRsilverngold2 ай бұрын
get the best & brightest to focus on improving the safe proven solar energy power source would be far more beneficial to continue all life on the planet....
@thomasmaughan47982 ай бұрын
"You can’t convince me that this isn’t the pinnacle of human achievement." I had no idea I was trying to do that.
@LengyDZ2 ай бұрын
They haven't achieved anything yet? 😂
@mrrolandlawrence2 ай бұрын
A friend of mine was used to be a theoretical physicist working on this project. Its nice to see it come along so far. im loving the resurgence of nuclear tech. I want the pledge of the 1960s of "electricity too cheap to meter" to become reality in my lifetime.
@uppsaaru2 ай бұрын
8:33 Glad India 🇮🇳 is part of the project
@jaredyenchar25402 ай бұрын
I’m not
@Tasty-cub-cakes2 ай бұрын
@@jaredyenchar2540same
@heisenbergsoul2 ай бұрын
@@jaredyenchar2540why brother
@LQ1F2M2 ай бұрын
14:46 woke me tf up
@superprogrammer52262 ай бұрын
Frfr
@mohammedmurtaza32572 ай бұрын
That was an extraordinary video, truly fascinating. Thank you
@phillipjoubert11192 ай бұрын
I can't believe it's just 30 years away....
@lodrezzonАй бұрын
or 40, 50, or 60...
@spectre39542 ай бұрын
Helloooo!!, from the country who've manufactured the 4000 ton cryostat for this project....
@StPete.3082 ай бұрын
India!
@fly4632 ай бұрын
Larsen & Tourbo built it right ? I wonder which state’s manufacturing facility they used 🤔. Edit- From Hazira, Gujarat, Western India.
@Hewhoisel23 күн бұрын
Wow, just wow I am blown away by its complexity and shear scale. Wow.