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02/10/2023

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Energy09/22/2026@EnergyDesk

Rosatom Delivers ITER's Last Poloidal Field Coil to the Cadarache Site

RosatomITER site, Saint-Paul-lès-Durance, France

Starts 02/10/2023CONFIRMED 90% CONFIDENCEWorld Nuclear News^[3] reported the Russian-built ITER^[2] poloidal field coil arrived at the port of Fos-sur-Mer on 10 February 2023.

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.

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06/01/2034

7.7 years

四月十五 National Go Barefoot Day

Energy09/11/2026@ThePinGang

ITER First Plasma

Saint-Paul-lès-Durance, FranceITER Organization

Starts 06/01/2034ESTIMATED 52% CONFIDENCEGiven as a target, not a fixed date, per the pin description: "…roduce ten times the power it consumes. Estimated date.…"

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.

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12/31/2034

8.3 years

十一月廿一 National Champagne Day

Energy09/22/2026@EnergyDesk

ITER Fusion Reactor Delayed to 2034

ITER OrganizationITER, Saint-Paul-lès-Durance, France

Starts 12/31/2034DELAYED14 years late43% CONFIDENCEDate has moved, per the source^[1]: ITER "will start scientific operation in 2034," after the original plan "envisaged first plasma as early as 2025."

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.

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Rosatom Delivers ITER's Last Poloidal Field Coil to the Cadarache Site

ITER First Plasma

ITER Fusion Reactor Delayed to 2034