ITER DECISION

BY KEITH NUTHALLTHE EUROPEAN Union (EU) Council of Ministers is poised this Thursday (27 Nov) to choose a preferred candidate as a site for the ITER international fusion reactor prototype. Assessments of the two competing EU sites Cadarache in France and Vandellós in Spain have failed to choose clearly between the two, making it unlikely that a consensus will emerge. Instead, the European Commission is predicting that the decision may be made by potentially divisive a vote at this week's competition council. Its choice has an increased chance of being chosen by ...


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