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ITER construction delayed until spring 2010

OCT 16, 2009
Physics Today
Nature News : Construction at the site of ITER —the multibillion-euro project to prove controlled nuclear fusion—has been at a standstill since April.The stoppage comes as European contributors negotiate how to pay for their share of ITER, a collaboration between Europe, Japan, South Korea, Russia, the United States, China and India.Excavations for the buildings, slated to begin this autumn, will not start until spring 2010—roughly a year after site preparations were completed.
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