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Home » Particle and nuclear » Nuclear fusion » ITER fusion reactor hit by massive decade-long delay and €5bn price hike

ITER fusion reactor hit by massive decade-long delay and €5bn price hike

03 Jul 2024 Michael Banks
Fusion site in September 2023
Delay is the way: Full operation with deuterium and tritium at the ITER fusion reactor is now not expected until 2039. (Courtesy: ITER Organization/EJF Riche)
The ITER fusion reactor currently being built in France will not achieve first operation until 2034

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