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Why ITER?ITER History Site Preparation ITER & Beyond ITER Milestones	Milestones in the History of the ITER Project ITER Milestones ITER is the culmination of decades of fusion research: more than 200 tokamaks built the world over have paved the way to the ITER experiment. The smallest the size of a compact disc...the largest as high as a five-storey building; ITER is the result of the knowledge and experience these machines have accumulated. ITER will be twice the size of the largest tokamak currently operating, conceived as the necessary experimental step on the road to a demonstration fusion power plant. Launched as a daring exercise in international collaboration in 1985, twenty years of design work and complex negotiation have been necessary to bring the project to where it is today. Construction works began in 2010 on the ITER site in Cadarache, France. Ministerial-level ITER Council Sep, 2013 IC-12: Construction progress! Jun, 2013 Modified permit granted Mar, 2013 Headquarters inaugurated Jan, 2013 Tokamak Complex signed Dec, 2012 IC-11: ITER "well underway" Nov, 2012 At home on the ITER campus Nov, 2012 Landmark decree for ITER Nov, 2012 ITER Headquarters completed Sep, 2012 80% in-kind value committed Jun, 2012 Major licensing step Jun, 2012 Schedule is focus at IC-10 Jun, 2012 Last seismic pad installed Apr, 2012 Launch of NB Test Facility Feb, 2012 First building delivered Feb, 2012 Transport contract signed Feb, 2012 Seismic Pit basemat completed Dec, 2011 IC-9: "Significant progress" Nov, 2011 ITER Day celebrated Sep, 2011 Foundation work begins Aug, 2011 8th ITER Council in Japan Jun, 2011 64% in-kind value committed Mar, 2011 Excavation completed Feb, 2011 ITER Itinerary is ready Jan, 2011 Monaco-ITER Fusion Days Nov, 2010 7th ITER Council meeting Nov, 2010 Foundation stone ceremony Nov, 2010 International School - Phase 2 Sep, 2010 Action! Aug, 2010 Green light to proceed Jul, 2010 Osamu Motojima becomes DG Jul, 2010 Site handover signed Jul, 2010 6th ITER Council meeting Jun, 2010 First hardware completed Jun, 2010 Construction team moves in Jun, 2010 Major contract signed Apr, 2010 ITER CLI established Dec, 2009 IC-5 convenes Nov, 2009 International School - Phase 1 Oct, 2009 4th ITER Council meeting Jun, 2009 The ITER platform is ready Apr, 2009 Broader Approach inauguration Apr, 2009 Divertor Test Facility opens Jan, 2009 Architecture contract awarded Dec, 2008 New ITER Headquarters Nov, 2008 3rd ITER Council meeting Nov, 2008 International School grows Oct, 2008 IAEA-ITER Agreement Oct, 2008 Last Domestic Agency created Oct, 2008 Key ITER technology tested Aug, 2008 2nd ITER Council meeting Jun, 2008 "CERN" Agreement signed Mar, 2008 "Monaco" agreement signed Jan, 2008 ITER Itinerary work begins Jan, 2008 HQ Agreement signed Nov, 2007 1st ITER Council meeting Nov, 2007 ITER & Japan sign first 'PA' Nov, 2007 ITER formally established Oct, 2007 International School opens Sep, 2007 The ITER design. Updated! Sep, 2007 Interim ITER Council in Tokyo Jul, 2007 Work begins on ITER site Jan, 2007 Signed! Nov, 2006 India becomes 7th Member Dec, 2005 Joint Work Site inaugurated Dec, 2005 Members agree on Cadarache Jun, 2005 Broader Approach signed Feb, 2005 6.5-minute pulse in Tore Supra Dec, 2003 Canada withdraws Dec, 2003 Europe proposes Cadarache Nov, 2003 Who will host the ITER proje... Jun, 2003 USA returns Jan, 2003 China and Korea join ITER Jan, 2003 Joint Implementation meeting Nov, 2001 New design, new impetus Jul, 2001 USA withdraws (temporarily) 1998 Council approves Final Design Jun, 1998 More records at JET 1997 JT-60 achieves world-record 1997 TFTR sets world records Dec, 1994 ITER engineering begins Jul, 1992 JET achieves fusion power Nov, 1991 T-15, the last of the "Ts" 1988 A Design for ITER Apr, 1988 The Reykjavik Summit Oct, 1986 The Geneva Summit Nov, 1985
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