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Tributes have been paid to ITER Organization Director-General Dr Bernard Bigot, after his death at the age of 72 was announced by the organisation which is building the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor fusion project in southern France.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Tuesday, 17 May 2022
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/ITER-Director-General-Bernard-Bigot-passes-away
Framatome has officially opened a new engineering research and operations centre at Cadarache in south-eastern France. It has also announced an expansion of its Intercontrôle automated non-destructive testing subsidiary, which is based at the same site.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Wednesday, 26 February 2020
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Framatome-expands-presence-at-Cadarache
The International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (Iter) under construction at Cadarache in southern France could be more than a decade behind schedule and is likely to need an additional €4bn ($4.6bn) in contributions, Iter director-general Bernard Bigot told Les Echos on 3 May. He said earlier plans, which expected first plasma by 2020 and full fusion by 2023, were "totally unrealistic". Bigot, a former chairman of France's Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives (atomic and alternative energy commission - CEA), said around €14-15m was the current estimated construction cost of the project. Iter was launched it 10 years ago with a cost estimated at €5bn. Bigot does not expect to see the first test of super-heated plasma before 2025 or first full-power fusion before 2035. In June, an ITER board meeting is set to review the new deadlines, which Bigot said were considered ambitious by independent experts.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Wednesday, 04 May 2016
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsiter-project-delayed-and-over-budget-4883441