Dear Colleagues,
ITER, long held to be a possible model for how to proceed
with the ILC, is experiencing a number of issues related
to scope and costing.
Nature has an in-depth article describing the current
situation and possible future actions. Titled "Fusion
dreams delayed", it is available online at:
http://www.nature.com/news/2009/090527/full/459488a.html
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Faced with ballooning costs and growing delays, ITER's seven
partners are likely to build only a skeletal version of the
device at first ... known as 'Scenario 1' to ITER insiders ...
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... the first experiments capable of validating fusion for
power would not come until the end of 2025, five years later
than the date set when the ITER agreement was signed in 2006.
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There is an accompanying editorial arguing against the
"ITER value" system of accounting and arguing strongly for
full financial disclosure . You can read "Transparency needed"
at:
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v459/n7246/full/459483b.html
Sincerely,
Norman Graf
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