Financiering ITER is rond

After one year of political struggle, construction of theInternational Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) may finallyresume. The governing council consisting of its seven members(China, the European Union, India, Japan, Korea, Russia and theUnited States) finally agreed today on the project’s baselineoutlining costs, time frame and design of this ambitious project.Furthermore, the governing council announced that the Japanesefusion-scientist Osamu Motojima would become the newdirector-general of ITER.
ITER aims at constructing a fusion reactor prototype thatimitates the chemical process that fuels stars with their power andthereby creating vast amounts of energy. For one year any progresswas interrupted since the costs of the projects soared and memberstates struggled with financing decisions. Since the EU is hostingthe project in southern France it incurs with 45 % the biggestshare of costs. As the cost estimates almost tripled, the EU
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