(Video) Rajya Sabha TV (RSTV) In Depth: Project Miniature Sun (ITER Project)

Topic: Project Miniature Sun (ITER Project)

Topic Description:

Rapid population growth and urbanisation has multiplied the demand for energy worldwide...Electricity demand is growing increasing about twice as fast as overall energy use.

In the coming decades, the world will need a lot of energy, especially clean electricity.

To answer this demand .... the world's best scientists are trying to create ... what they are calling a 'miniature Sun' on Earth ... This is a plasma-based fusion reactor that will cost 25 billion USA dollar Called the ITER project .. it will be the costliest mega-science project on Earth in the 21st century.

India is one of the seven partners in this global collaboration.. In his recent trip to France, Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited the ITER facility... where he commended the joint partnership in the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactors.