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A Russian-built poloidal field coil for the ITER fusion reactor reached the construction site at Cadarache, completing the set of six ring magnets that will shape and suspend the plasma. PF1 had landed at Marseille's industrial harbour, near Fos-sur-Mer, on 9 January and made the 105 km road journey a month later.

The world's largest tokamak, built by 35 nations in southern France, aims to show fusion can produce ten times the power it consumes. Estimated date.

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.