ITER delays prompt personnel reshuffle
FEB 10, 2010
DOI: 10.1063/PT.5.024071
Nature News : In an effort to put the world’s largest scientific experiment back on track after delays and cost overruns , Europe is shaking up the agency overseeing its portion of the multinational ITER reactor .On 16 February, Frank Briscoe , a UK fusion scientist, will take the reins as interim director of Fusion for Energy (F4E) , the agency in Barcelona, Spain, that manages Europe’s ITER contribution—the largest of any partner’s. Briscoe replaces Didier Gambier, a French physicist who joined the F4E as director when it formed in 2007. Gambier was originally appointed for a five-year term.
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