International fusion project gets green light

A ceremony in Brussels has signalled the go-ahead for ITER, the experimental nuclear fusion reactor. The agreement means work will start on the €10bn project at Cadarache in France next year.

ITER will become the world’s most expensive science experiment on Earth. Only the International Space Station has swallowed more cash. The EU will fund around half the cost of ITER, with contributions from the US, Japan, Russia, Korea, China and India. Its backers hope ITER will bring the first sustained fusion reactions to produce electricity.

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