http://www.firefusionpower.org/ITER_Press_Release_120617.pdf

The facility is being constructed by an international partnership of 35 countries. There are seven ITER Members -- the European Union, China, India, Japan, Korea, Russia and the United States. ITER is aimed at demonstrating the sustained release of fusion energy. The facility plans to operate at a 500 Megawatt thermal level.

ITER Director-General Bernard Bigot was recently in Washington to speak at Fusion Power Associates 38th Annual Meeting and Symposium: Pathways and Progress Toward Fusion Power. While in Washington, Bigot briefed key members of Congress and the Administration. A Reuters news report on his visit can be found at:

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-nuclearpower-fusion-project/iter-nuclear-fusion-project-faces-delay-over-trump-budget-cuts-idUSKBN1E01RT

For further information, visit http://www.iter.org