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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10024

21 November 2009
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/research
ITER abandons 2018 goal for first plasma

Brussels, 20/11/2009 (Agence Europe) - The future international thermonuclear experimental reactor, ITER, an international project underway in Cadarache (France), will not begin its work as planned in 2018. The ITER board of management, meeting on Wednesday 18 and Thursday 19 November, decided to establish a new timetable for achieving first plasma by February 2010. This is realistic planning, acceptable to all parties, that takes technical and financial risks into account, the ITER council...

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