Talk:Arc Reactor/@comment-175.143.217.64-20161229161747/@comment-2106279-20161229203306

Yes. Maya Hansen wanted Tony to work on EXTREMIS as she knew he was the one with the intelligence to fix its problems. He removed the EXTREMIS from Pepper and then used a dosage on himself to survive the operation to remove shrapnel from his chest.

After that, he no longer needed to have an arc reactor in his chest and he threw it away. Future Iron Man armors after that have the arc reactor embedded on the suit itself.