ITER – designed to demonstrate the scientific and technological feasibility of fusion power – will be the world's largest experimental fusion facility. The ITER Project is under construction in Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, which is located in the South of France. The objective of the ITER project is to gain the knowledge necessary for the design of the next-stage device: a demonstration fusion power plant. In ITER, scientists will study plasmas under conditions similar to those expected in a future power plant. ITER will be the first fusion experiment to produce net power; it will also test key technologies, including heating, control, diagnostics, and remote maintenance.
ITER is also a first-of-a-kind global collaboration. Europe will contribute almost half of the costs of its construction, while the other six members (China, India, Japan, the Republic of Korea, the Russian Federation and the USA), will contribute to the rest. The construction of ITER is managed by Domestic Agencies of the partners. The European Domestic Agency Fusion for Energy (F4E) has its headquarters in Barcelona (Spain).
Your Visit to ITER
On the website, you can find information regarding visits to ITER: Twice a year, the fusion project opens its doors to individuals and groups as well as schools and universities. Please note the registration deadlines listed on the website.
Your virtual visit to ITER
The ITER website offers a 3D tour of its worksite, which names and provides information about its individual buildings. Furthermore, there are various 3D tours concerning the construction progress, with which you can observe the developments from 2016 until today.
Further information
The ITER website contains numerous exciting videos about the project.
ITER's "Publication Centre" offers a variety of downloadable content such as brochures, comics, magazines and posters.
Here you can see the latest brochure, which shows the progress of the construction site in 2021-2022:
Here you can see a poster with a rendition of the Tokamak:
