国际热核聚变实验堆(ITER)计划

聚变能目前是认识到的可以最终解决人类能源和环境问题的最重要的途径之一，经过许多科学工作者半个多世纪的努力，磁约束聚变研究取得了重大的进展，集成当今国际受控磁约束核聚变研究的主要科学和技术成果，合作建立与未来实用聚变堆规模相比拟的受控热核聚变实验堆ITER(international thermonuclear experimental reactor)，成为国际上大家的共识，文章就ITER及相关的情况进行一些介绍。

The international thermonuclear experimental reactor program

Confined fusion is one of the most important ways for finally solving mankind's demand for energy without polluting the environment. Magnetic confined fusion research has achieved great progress as result of the efforts devoted to fusion research over a half centruy. It is now recognized that a fusion device to produce thermal energy at the level of an electricity-producing power station must be constructed through international collaboration. The design of the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor(ITER) is based on data collected on the present experimental Tokamaks and physical models for different plasma processes. This paper reviews the ITER program.