Two days, two high-level visits

2026-07-04 - Indian Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs Nirmala Sitharaman visits the ITER project on 4 July as part of an official four-day visit to France. She is welcomed to ITER headquarters by head of the Office of the Director-General Kattalai Ramachandran Sriram and Chief Scientist and Deputy Director-General Alain Bécoulet.

2026-07-03 - As one of the seven ITER Members, India is a key contributor to the construction of the world’s largest fusion energy project. On Saturday 4 July 2026, Indian Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs Nirmala Sitharaman visits the worksite and observes the construction of the machine first-hand, accompanied by Chief Scientist Alain Bécoulet.

2026-07-03 - António Costa, President of the European Council, holds a framed picture of the ITER tokamak in construction. During a visit to the site on 3 July 2026, President Costa is briefed by ITER and European Domestic Agency (F4E) representatives on ITER progress and how investments made by F4E are strengthening European competitiveness in a strategic technology. Copyright: European Union

2026-07-03 - On Friday 3 July, ITER welcomes the President of the European Council, António Costa (right). A visit highlight is the tour of the principal machine assembly spaces in the company of (left to right) the Chair of the Fusion for Energy (F4E) Governing Board Francesco Sette, ITER Director-General Pietro Barabaschi, and F4E Director Marc Lachaise.

2026-07-02 - ITER Director-General Pietro Barabaschi takes the stage at the Aix Economic Forum ("Les Rencontres Économiques d'Aix") as part of a panel discussion titled "Planetary Boundaries: Earth on Red Alert." The annual forum reunites business leaders, academics, heads of state and government, non-profit organizations, and community leaders to debate major economic, political, and social issues.

2026-06-25 - During the 38th meeting of the ITER Council on 25 and 26 June 2026, Members reaffirmed the importance of ITER's mission and demonstrated their strong dedication to ensuring the project's success. Progress against the 2024 baseline continues to be strong, with one milestone after another being achieved in the assembly and installation of the ITER machine and plant.

2026-06-25 - Chair of the ITER Council Eisuke Tada (Japan), ITER Director-General Pietro Barabaschi, and ITER Deputy Director-General for Science & Technology Yutaka Kamada at the Thirty-Eighth Meeting of the ITER Council in June 2026.

2026-06-23 - With the successful lift and placement of the sixth and final central solenoid module on Tuesday 23 June, ITER assembly teams complete the central solenoid "stack." Next, a support structure will be assembled around the magnet tower and "pre-compressed" before installation in the machine.

2026-06-23 - The 110-tonne component has to be lowered into place between busbar extensions with margins of only 50 mm on one side and 65 mm on the other.

2026-06-23 - The sixth and last central solenoid module is positioned by crane above the "stack."

2026-06-23 - The sixth and last module of the ITER central solenoid is installed at the top of the stack in June. The achievement is the result of close coordination between ITER engineers, the US Domestic Agency, and the CNPE assembly consortium.

2026-06-23 - In June, the landscape of the Assembly Hall changes again as a new vacuum vessel sector arrives in tooling (left) and the central solenoid stack gets topped with a six magnet module (right).

2026-06-23 - A central solenoid module is gripped by a tool that exerts radial force (instead of pulling from above). When it reaches the top of the central solenoid stack later today it will be the sixth and final magnet module.

2026-06-22 - These engineers are transferring the 440-tonne load of vacuum vessel sector #7 from its overhead radial beam to its gravity support below.