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During Nuclear fusion experiments, how is the power produced dissipated safely?

I've seen smaller scale tests using heater bars to dissipate energy as heat, but how is this translated to such a high energy level?
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Modern large fusion experiments actually don't have significant energy content. If anything goes wrong like some large-scale disruption event, the energy is deposited on the first wall as heat and can generally be handled without major issue. Future very large experiments (ITER, DEMO) may not be able to handle such large scale disruptions due to the larger size and increased energy content.

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During normal operation, the experiments must also exhaust energy and particles. In modern experiments this is almost always done using a divertor. A divertor is a device that utilizes a modified magnetic geometry to scrape off unwanted particles and is typically made of very heat-resistant material. After the plasma interacts with the material and is neutralized, it is pumped out of the system.

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In addition, any neutrons / radiation emitted during the experiments leave uniformly, unaffected by the magnetic field.