Brussels, 19/06/2009 (Agence Europe) - The future experimental nuclear fusion reactor ITER, a global project being built in Cadarache (France), will start its work in 2018, but will not be fully operational until eight years later in 2026, the Council of the project, meeting in Mito, Japan, announced on Thursday 18 June. The meeting did not discuss the funding of ITER, but the total cost of the project, estimated at €10 billion, is likely to be considerably increased over the next...