Iter Working To Overcome ‘Serious And Accumulated Delays’

23 Jun (NucNet): Work is progressing towards an updated project plan which recognises the “serious accumulated delays” on the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (Iter) project at Cadarache in France, a statement said. The new plan integrates the scope, cost and schedule for the Iter project and will be discussed at the next meeting of Iter’s governing body, the Iter Council, in November 2015. At a recent meeting the Council asked that the Iter organisation and the domestic agencies, as well as the Iter member states, continue to work closely to stop schedules slipping for critical and super-critical components. The domestic agencies were formed by all seven Iter members to liaise between national governments and the Iter organisation. The seven members are Europe, China, India, Japan, South Korea, Russia and the US.