SECTORAL POLICIES / Research

European Court of Auditors reports a risk of further cost overruns for ITER reactor project

Brussels, 14/11/2019 (Agence Europe)

On Thursday 14 November, the European Court of Auditors issued an unqualified (clean) audit opinion on the 2018 accounts of the eight EU Joint Undertakings.

However, the audit opinion on the accounts of the company 'Fusion for Energy' (F4E) is accompanied by an emphasis of matter, in order to draw attention to the risk of further cost increases and delays in the implementation of the 'International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor' (ITER) project.

The Court reports that F4E has...