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The International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) project represents
the next step in the development of fusion energy. ITER will be the first
fusion plant to have almost the same dimensions as a conventional electric
power station; the mission of ITER is to demonstrate the scientific and technological
feasibility of fusion as an energy source. The detailed design of the reactor
has been thoroughly tested on the basis of intense R&D activities carried
out by hundreds of researchers and technicians at numerous research centres,
universities and industries all over the world.
The European Union,
Japan, Russian Federation, United States, the People’s
Republic of China, the Republic of Korea and India signed officially (at Moscow on 28th June 2005) the agreement to realize ITER. The construction began in 2007 at the European site of Cadarache in the south of
France.
ENEA’s Fusion Division participates in the design of ITER through the European Fusion Development Agreement (EFDA) and has made substantial contributions in the fields of superconductivity, plasma-facing components, neutronics, safety, remote handling and physics.
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