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The revamped project plan for the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor - with modifications to its configuration, phased installation and new research schedule - is being finalised ahead of being submitted to the ITER Council in June.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Wednesday, 21 February 2024
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/ITER-s-proposed-new-timeline-to-be-submitted-in-Ju
International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) Director General Pietro Barabaschi has outlined the progress made, and issues faced, by the multinational project as the process of drawing up a revised schedule takes place.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Friday, 20 October 2023
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/ITER-director-general-promises-realistic-project
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the ITER International Fusion Energy Organisation are to enhance their cooperation in nuclear fusion research and related activities following the signing of an agreement that expands one signed in 2008.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Thursday, 20 June 2019
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/IAEA,-ITER-expand-cooperation-on-fusion
The UK Department of Energy & Climate Change has a problem with the world’s largest stocks of reactor-grade plutonium. The international association Environmentalists for Nuclear Energy view this as a one-time opportunity to benefit several advanced nuclear energy developments, none of which are acknowledged by DECC. By Brendan McNamara
Weak, short distance radiation makes it warm; so it is safe to hold but not to swallow. UK reactor grade plutonium is unsuitable for making weapons. And small-scale uses of UK plutonium could never go critical
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Friday, 27 May 2011
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newssmarter-uses-for-plutonium
The ITER Council has unanimously approved the overall project schedule and the overall project cost (OPC) for the international experimental fusion reactor ITER at a meeting in France.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Thursday, 29 July 2010
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsiter-schedule-approved-first-plasma-due-by-2019