Dear Colleagues, The following two news articles in Science and Nature summarize the current status of the ITER site negotiations and provide some context for the impact on other scientific collaboration. http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/reprint/306/5702/1669a.pdf http://www.nature.com/cgi-taf/DynaPage.taf?file=/nature/journal/v432/n7017/full/432538a_fs.html&content_filetype=pdf The Fusion Energy Sciences Advisory Committee will meet next week, with a presentation on the status of ITER scheduled. http://www.ofes.fusion.doe.gov/more_html/FESAC/AgendaDEC2004Rev3.pdf (Recall that ITER is the number one priority overall in the DOE Office of Science "Facilities for the Future of Science" list.) Norman Graf