An important part of the fusion research programme
The worldwide biggest fusion device ITER is currently being built in Saint-Paul-lez-Durance
JET (Culham, UK) is currently the biggest tokamak worldwide.
In the sun and the stars hydrogen atoms fuse

Fusion@OeAW Coordination Office

International nuclear fusion research pursues the goal of developing an environmentally friendly, safe and sustainable energy source. The Fusion@OeAW Coordination Office bundles the research and development projects from Austrian research institutes and companies. In addition, Fusion@ÖAW is responsible for the dissemination of information about the current status of the ITER project to industry and other stakeholders.

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ÖAW is a member of the EUROfusion consortium, which comprises 30 fusion research organisations and, behind them about 150 affiliated entities including universities and companies, from 25 European Union member states plus the United Kingdom, Switzerland and Ukraine.

The EUROfusion Consortium is funded by the European Union via the Euratom Research and Training Programme (Grant Agreement No 101052200 — EUROfusion). Views and opinions expressed do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Commission. Neither the European Union nor the European Commission can be held responsible for them.

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