Brussels, 26/10/2007 (Agence Europe) - The ITER Agreement, creating an international project to demonstrate the feasibility of fusion as an energy source, came into force on Wednesday 24 October, announced the International Atomic Energy Authority (IAEA), the depositary of the ITER Agreement, confirming that it has received the confirmation of adoption of the agreement from all parties. The International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) is a project involving the EU, the United States, India, China, South Korea, Russia and Japan and is the biggest scientific cooperation project of its ilk. The ITER Agreement was signed on 26 November 2006 and was due to come into force 30 days after the last ratification (by China). It sets up the international ITER Organisation which is responsible for the construction and operation of an experimental reactor to reproduce the physical reaction, 'fusion, that occurs in the sun and stars. ITER aims to do this at a scale and in conditions that will demonstrate the scientific and technological feasibility of fusion as an energy source for the future. The EU confirmed its adoption of the ITER Agreement to the IAEA on 5 February 2007. The first meeting of the ITER Council is scheduled for 27-28 November 2007. (B.C.)