(IAEA Vienna, 18th June 2004)

Delegations from China, European Union, Japan, the Republic of Korea, the Russian Federation, and the United States met at the IAEA headquarters in Vienna on 18th June 2004 to advance the ITER negotiations.

The two potential Host Parties, European Union and Japan, presented their positions, taking account of recent bilateral discussions on a broader approach to realising fusion energy. The parties noted that the contents of these offers were essentially symmetrical and showed a readiness of each of the potential Host Parties to contribute significantly to the realisation of elements of the Broader Approach other than ITER in addition to their contributions to ITER itself.

All Parties stressed the urgency of reaching a rapid resolution of the siting issue so as to move forward to implementation of ITER in a framework of international collaboration. "

Previous versions of this "What's New" page are also available:

• Delegations meeting - March 12/13th, 2004.
• Delegations meeting - February 21st, 2004.
• Canada leaves ITER - January 7th, 2004.
• Deadlock on site decision - December 20th, 2003.
• Cadarache selected as European candidate site - November 26th, 2003.
• Status of Negotiations - November 3rd, 2003.
• Korea joins ongoing negotiations - June 16th, 2003.
• Eighth Negotiators Meeting - February 20th, 2003.
• US announces joining ITER negotiations - February 3rd, 2003.
• China applies to join ITER - January 24th, 2003.
• Seventh Negotiators Meeting - December 16th, 2002.

As always, regular reports on the progress of ITER are given in the IAEA ITER Newsletter.

Further general news about fusion (with a US emphasis).

updated June 18th, 2004