Chronopin: upcoming release dates, events and other important dates

ITER, the largest and most powerful nuclear fusion reactor ever attempted, built in southern France by 35 partner nations, has pushed its first scientific operations back to 2034 after years of delays.

ITER's 2024 baseline puts the start of research operations in 2034, opening a period of hydrogen and deuterium plasma experiments at the fusion reactor in southern France.

Greatest eclipse falls at 23:04:32 UT on 2035-03-09, where the annular phase lasts 48 seconds on a path 31.5 km wide; annularity is longest at the sunrise end of the track, where it runs 1 minute 26 seconds. The path of annularity crosses New Zealand and the Pacific, and a partial eclipse is visible from Australia, New Zealand, the South Pacific, Mexico and Antarctica.

New rail tunnels under the Hudson plus rehabilitation of the 1910 North River Tunnels, the most critical bottleneck on the US Northeast Corridor. Estimated date.

Britain's second new-build nuclear station, a near-copy of Hinkley Point C intended to power six million homes. Estimated date.

The Moon's shadow touches down at 01:55:25 UT on 2035-09-02, and the total phase lasts up to 2 minutes 54 seconds along a path 116.3 km wide crossing China, Korea, Japan and the Pacific. A partial eclipse is visible from eastern Asia and the Pacific.

QTS's planned Blakely campus in Early County, Georgia has a potential gross capacity of 1,400 MW across up to nine buildings and 12 million sq ft, to be built in phases to the end of 2035; no investment figure has been published and no tenant is named.

Sound Transit pushed back the opening of the West Seattle Link light rail extension, one flagship piece of its $54BN Sound Transit 3 build-out.

Britain's second high-speed line, cut back to a single Phase 1 route after cancellations and cost overruns. Estimated date.

Cape Town's permanent 50 to 70 million litre a day desalination plant lost its Paarden Eiland site to Transnet's port expansion, and the City's August 2026 Water Outlook now puts its new-water programme at 2036, about five years later than first water planned for 2030/31.

VTA's Phase II extension carries BART on from Berryessa through a five-mile single-bore tunnel to three new subway stations in San Jose - 28th Street/Little Portugal, Downtown San Jose and Diridon - plus a surface station at Santa Clara. Excavation of the tunnel boring machine entrance pit at Newhall Yard was in progress in late 2025.

The Moon's shadow touches down at 02:39:13 UT on 2037-07-13, and the total phase lasts up to 3 minutes 58 seconds along a path 200.7 km wide crossing Australia and New Zealand. A partial eclipse is visible from the East Indies, Australia and the Pacific.

The Moon's shadow touches down at 13:45:47 UT on 2038-01-05, and the annular phase lasts up to 3 minutes 19 seconds along a path 107.2 km wide crossing Cuba, Dom.Rep., Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Chad and Egypt. A partial eclipse is visible from eastern North America, northern South America, the Atlantic, Africa and Europe.

The Moon's shadow touches down at 13:31:31 UT on 2038-07-02, and the annular phase lasts up to 0 minutes 60 seconds along a path 31.2 km wide crossing Colombia, Venezuela, Mauritania, Morocco, Mali, Niger, Chad, Sudan, Ethiopia and Kenya. A partial eclipse is visible from N. & Central America, South America, Africa, Europe and the Middle East.

The Moon's shadow touches down at 00:58:46 UT on 2038-12-26, and the total phase lasts up to 2 minutes 18 seconds along a path 95.3 km wide crossing Australia, New Zealand and the South Pacific. A partial eclipse is visible from southeastern Asia, the East Indies, Australia, New Zealand, the South Pacific and Antarctica.

The Moon's shadow touches down at 17:11:29 UT on 2039-06-21, and the annular phase lasts up to 4 minutes 5 seconds along a path 365.3 km wide crossing Alaska, northern Canada, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Estonia and Russia. A partial eclipse is visible from North America and western Europe.