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French ITER Fusion Project To Take At Least 6 Years Longer Than Planned (sciencemag.org)

Posted by samzenpus on from the getting-an-extension dept.

sciencehabit writes: The multibillion dollar ITER fusion project under construction in France will take at least an additional 6 years to complete, compared with the current schedule, a meeting of the governing council was told this week. ITER management has also asked the seven international partners which are backing the project for additional funding to finish the job. Under recent estimates, ITER was expected to cost some $13 billion and not begin operations until 2019. The new start date would be 2025.

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  1. Cue the flood... by Rei · · Score: 1, Funny

    .. of ignorant "Fusion power is only 30 years away, and has been for the past half century!" comments in 3, 2, 1...

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    1. Re:Cue the flood... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      You're right, this story clearly proves such comments are ridiculous and born of ignorance.

    2. Re:Cue the flood... by Big+Hairy+Ian · · Score: 3, Funny

      It's a project being built by multinational partners on a site in France. Obviously I can't comment on the spin until I've seen the polarity!

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  2. Re:Anti-gravity by wonkey_monkey · · Score: 3, Funny

    Anti-gravity is more promising.

    Yes, all that progress they've been making recently in anti-gravity research is bound to start paying off any day.

    Oh, wait, no, it's all just charlatans and wackos.

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