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Status and Prospect of the ITER Project
Volume 44 · Number 1 · July 2003 · Pages 3-10
Technical Paper · Fusion Energy - Fusion Plenary and Overview
Yasuo Shimomura, ITER International Team, Participant Teams
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ITER is planned to be the first fusion experiment operating under reactor-relevant plasma conditions integrated with key technologies in a regulatory licensed environment. The ITER design, safety analysis and cost estimates are supported by the physics basis, analyses and technology R&D. Full-sized or scalable modules of key components have been successfully manufactured and tested. The scientific and technological bases to start ITER construction are established. Inter-governmental negotiations to prepare the Joint Implementation Agreement for ITER construction and operation are expected to conclude in 2003. ITER operation would then be able to start in 2013.
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