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2025-10-27 - Miter bends (photo) and expansion units are the first transmission line components for the electron cyclotron resonance heating (ECRH) system to be shipped to ITER by the US Domestic Agency. Transmission lines—built from 10 main components—will carry the high-intensity beams hundreds of metres between the radiofrequency sources and vacuum vessel port plugs. Photo: US ITER/ORNL

2025-10-24 - The 49 recipients of the 2025 ITER Star Awards are celebrated on 24 October for exemplifying the ITER CARE values of Collaboration, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence.

2025-10-18 - Stefan Jachmich is the coordinating scientist for disruptions in ITER's Experiments & Plasma Operation Section. On 18 October, at the 30th IAEA Fusion Energy Conference in Chengdu, China, he is awarded the prestigious "Nuclear Fusion" journal award for a paper validating shattered pellet injection as a key method for disruption mitigation.

2025-10-16 - The ITER stand at the 30th IAEA Fusion Energy Conference in Chengdu, China, serves as a central meeting point for the ITER delegation and colleagues between technical presentations, poster sessions, and networking events. Nearly 2,000 fusion experts, scholars, and industry representatives from 61 countries are attending this premier biennial gathering.

2025-10-14 - The first four completed divertor cassettes, manufactured by the SIMIC–CNIM consortium for the European Domestic Agency Fusion for Energy, have successfully completed factory acceptance testing, including hot helium leak tests. The first units are expected at ITER in 2026.

2025-10-14 - ITER personnel gather around the first November 2025 issues of National Geographic to arrive in France. The magazine devotes thirty pages—including the cover—to the ITER project: how it was born, how it’s being implemented, and the challenges it faces. Search online for the article titled "Inside the long-shot megaproject that aims to solve our energy worries forever."

2025-10-14 - ITER Director-General Pietro Barabaschi and EUROfusion Programme Manager Gianfranco Federici agree to a more targeted and coordinated European contribution to ITER over the next two years through a collaboration agreement signed at the 30th IAEA Fusion Energy Conference. The high-level agreement will will fast-track EUROfusion's participation in some of ITER's most pressing design and engineering challenges.

2025-10-14 - At the second ministerial meeting of the IAEA World Fusion Energy Group (WFEG) on 14 October, part of the 30th Fusion Energy Conference in Chengdu, China, ITER Director-General Pietro Barabaschi lists the ways in which the ITER project is delivering value to the global effort toward fusion energy—training the next generation of fusion engineers, technicians, and scientists; creating a global fusion supply chain; and opening ITER’s doors to the private sector. He also used his address to evoke the significant challenges that remain.

2025-10-13 - The World Expo in Osaka, Japan, has closed its gates after six months and more than 28 million total visitors. The ITER stand—present for the full duration of the event—registered more than 2 million visitors (an average of nearly 11,000/day).

2025-10-11 - Over two weekends in October, ITER volunteers take part in national "celebration of science" (Fête de la science) events in three cities—Villeneuve-Loubet, Manosque and Marseille. They interact with hundreds of families, using simple demonstrations to illustrate important scientific concepts. Always a crowd pleaser: the plasma ball!

2025-10-09 - The top lid of the cryostat destined for the magnet cold test facility is transferred from temporary storage to the test stand building.

2025-10-07 - On Tuesday 7 October, Indian dignitaries, members of industry and staff celebrate the many vital contributions India is making to the project during India Fusion Day—both in-kind component and system contributions and the work done over the past years to participate in the repair campaign for the ITER thermal shields.

2025-10-07 - A delegation to ITER for Indian Fusion Day on 7 October is led by Vijay Kumar Saraswat, a member of the top public policy think tank NITI Aayog (left). He tells assembled guests that "the perceived potential of fusion is recognized in long-term energy security policy in India” and that ITER remains a key element in India’s fusion research plans.

2025-10-06 - Their Imperial Majesties Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako of Japan visit the ITER exhibition at the 2025 World Expo in Osaka on 6 October. This marks Their Majesties’ second appearance at the Expo, following their distinguished presence at the opening ceremony held in April. Photo credit: Expo 2025