How Long to Read ITER: The Giant Fusion Reactor

How Long Does it Take to Read ITER: The Giant Fusion Reactor?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 44 minutes to read ITER: The Giant Fusion Reactor by Michel Claessens

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

This book provides for the first time an insider’s view into ITER, the biggest fusion reactor in the world, which is currently being constructed in southern France. Now in its second edition, it updates readers on all developments at ITER and those at competing fusion initiatives worldwide, at the National Ignition Facility (US), the Joint European Torus (EU) and the tens of start-ups funded by private ventures. The author also shares his personal experience with this unique big science project. Aimed at bringing the “energy of the stars” to earth, ITER is funded by the major economic powers (China, the EU, India, Japan, Korea, Russia and the USA). Often presented as a “nuclear but green” energy source, fusion could play an important role in the future electricity supply. But as delays accumulate and budgets continue to grow, ITER is currently a star partially obscured by clouds. Will ITER save humanity by providing a clean, safe and limitless source of energy, or is it merely a political showcase of cutting-edge technology? Is ITER merely an ambitious research project and partly a PR initiative driven by some politically connected scientists? In any case, ITER has already helped spur on rival projects in the USA, Canada and the UK. This book offers readers a behind-the-scenes look at this controversial project, which France snatched from Japan, and introduces them to a world of superlatives: with the largest magnets in the world, the biggest cryogenic plant and tremendous computing power, ITER is one of the most fascinating, and most international, scientific and technological endeavours of our time.

How long is ITER: The Giant Fusion Reactor?

ITER: The Giant Fusion Reactor by Michel Claessens is 277 pages long, and a total of 71,189 words.

This makes it 93% the length of the average book. It also has 87% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read ITER: The Giant Fusion Reactor Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 29 minutes to read ITER: The Giant Fusion Reactor aloud.

What Reading Level is ITER: The Giant Fusion Reactor?

ITER: The Giant Fusion Reactor is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

When deciding what to show young students always use your best judgement and consult a professional.

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