The next generation

2025-11-13 - Staff gather in the amphitheatre and online for a special lecture by Rafael Mariano Grossi, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). The talk explores ITER’s journey—from its roots in post-war scientific diplomacy to its evolution as a symbol of international collaboration and technological ambition.

2025-11-13 - French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) Chairman Anne-Isabelle Etienvre and International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Grossi tour the ITER installation with ITER Director-General Pietro Barabaschi during a visit on 13 November. They are shown here inside the ITER vacuum vessel.

2025-11-13 - Rafael Mariano Grossi, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), visits ITER on 13 November, where he tours the major facilities in the company of the ITER Director-General (right) and a large delegation. Referring to the long-standing support of his agency for the development of fusion energy and the ITER project, he stresses that close collaboration between the IAEA and ITER remains essential as the effort to achieve fusion electricity accelerates worldwide.

2025-11-13 - On 13 November, the heads of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA), and the ITER Organization announce that CEA and ITER will host a session of the IAEA’s Lise Meitner professional training program for women in nuclear in 2026.

2025-11-05 - From 4 to 6 November in Paris, more than 25,000 participants—including exhibitors from 88 countries—gather for the world’s leading civil nuclear industry event: the World Nuclear Exhibition. At the ITER booth, during a procurement event on ITER business opportunities, and in a high-level panel discussion, the fusion community proudly showcased its progress and potential.

2025-11-05 - The 2025 PhD event of the European Fusion Education Network FuseNet takes place at ITER in November. Approximately 150 fusion students and researchers take part in the three-day program, with lectures, roundtables, site vists, networking, Pecha-Kucha-style presentations, and poster sessions.

2025-11-04 - The fifth independent central solenoid is about to be installed at the top of the tower stack.

2025-11-04 - Within the grasp of a bespoke lifting tool, a 110-tonne superconducting magnet for the central solenoid begins its ascent to the top of the stack where it will join four others.

2025-11-04 - The penultimate module of the central solenoid stack is lifted into place on 4 November. One more of these superconducting modules will bring the tower-like central magnet of the ITER machine to its full height.

2025-11-03 - Two families of pipe bundles for the tokamak cooling water system (TCWS) have been positioned in this L3 bioshield opening above the machine. In all, there are 18 bioshield openings reserved for TCWS piping.

2025-11-03 - At the L3 level of the Tokamak Building, pipe bundles are inserted into waiting sleeves in the bioshield. The sleeves are part of "penetration assemblies" that seal the openings in the bioshield wall while allowing equipment to pass through to the tokamak.

2025-11-03 - This large lid is part of the cryochamber that will be used to test a selection of ITER superconducting magnets at the temperature of -269 °C (4 K). It waits on temporary supports for the start of commissioning activities.

2025-10-31 - Workers look small against the backdrop of the huge ITER vacuum vessel. Two of nine sector modules have been installed and a third is expected later this month.

2025-10-28 - The ITER tokamak pit, where the assembly of the ITER machine is underway. Around the top, near the rim, are arrival pipes for cooling water.