New leader for international fusion project?
MAY 17, 2010
DOI: 10.1063/PT.5.024337
Nature : The International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor could be getting a new director. ITER’s seven partnersâmdash;Europe, Japan, the US, South Korea, China, Russia, and Indiaâmdash;are reportedly troubled by a likely three-year delay in meeting the original 2016 completion date and by a likely doubling of the project’s cost to €10 billion (US$12.6 billion). According to Nature:
Osamu Motojima, a distinguished Japanese physicist, is being floated as the project’s new chief. The appointment, if made, may trigger further changes for the project. “I wouldn’t be surprised if there’s a huge shake-up in ITER management under him,” said one fusion scientist familiar with the project.
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