ITER takes next step towards nuclear fusion energy

Posted on 18 Jul 2013

Work on the world's first, full-scale nuclear fusion project - ITER - will now enter the peak construction phase with the onsite workforce growing to 5,000 workers.

ITER, the world’s biggest experimental nuclear fusion facility, has entered a new phase of construction that will see 5,000 construction workers on site in Catarache, France in the coming months. Announced at the Royal Academy of Engineering annual awards at Battersea Power Station last night (Wednesday), the project which began as a theoretical idea in…

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