An agreement was signed today in Paris on the establishment of ITER (International Thermo-nuclear Experimental Reactor) International Fusion Energy Organisation for the joint implementation of the ITER project. The signatories are the seven parties of the ITER i.e. China, European Union, India, Japan, the Republic of Korea, the Russian Federation and the United States of America. Speaking on the occasion, Dr. Anil Kakodkar, Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission said that fusion has the potential to provide abundant and clean energy based on resources available everywhere without significant ecological issues associated with mining of earth’s resources.

Source : Press Information Bureau
Date : November 21, 2006