ITER

ITER is an international nuclear fusion research and engineering project designed to demonstrate the feasibility of fusion power. The facility is under construction near the Cadarache research center in southern France.
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  • Type: Construction
  • Description: international nuclear fusion research and engineering megaproject led by the European Union
  • Also known as: “I.T.E.R.”, “International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor”, “Internationaler Thermonuklearer Experimenteller Reaktor”, “Iternational Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor”, “Kok-chè Jia̍t-hu̍t-chú Si̍t-giām Hoán-èng-lô·”, “Mednarodni eksperimentalni termonuklearni reaktor”, “Programme ITER”, “Reator termonuclear experimental internacional”, “The Way to New Energy”, “АЙТЭР”, “ИТЭР”, “Международный термоядерный экспериментальный реактор”, “МТЭР”, “Իթեր”, “ՄՋՓՌ”, “פרוייקט איטר”, “ايتر”, “راکتور گرماهسته ای آزمایشی بین المللی”, “راکتور گرماهسته ای ازمایشی بین المللی”, “راکتور گرماهسته‌ای ازمایشی بین‌المللی”, “अंतर्राष्ट्रीय तापनाभिकीय प्रायोगिक संयंत्र”, “अंतर्राष्ट्रीय तापनाभिकीय संयंत्र”, “आईटीईआर”, “ஈடெர்”, “イーター”, “国际热核聚变反应堆”, “国际热核计划”, and “国際熱核融合実験炉”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include WEST and Town hall of Vinon-sur-Verdon.

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 4.0.
The , or Tungsten Environment in Steady-state Tokamak, is a French tokamak that originally began operating as Tore Supra after the discontinuation of TFR and of Petula. is situated 1 km southwest of ITER.

Town hall
Photo: Espirat, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is situated 3½ km northeast of ITER.

Hotel
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is a hotel, which is situated 2½ km northwest of ITER.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Vinon-sur-Verdon and Saint-Paul-lès-Durance.

Village
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is a commune in the northwestern part of the department in the region in Southeastern . The town is on the left bank of the river near the . is situated 3½ km northeast of ITER.

Village
Photo: Marianne Casamance, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a commune in the in , southern France. The Cadarache research center for nuclear energy is located in and next to it the international nuclear fusion research and engineering megaproject ITER one of the most expensive buildings ever built and the largest scientific research collaboration in history. is situated 6 km west of ITER.

Village
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is a commune in the department in southeastern . is situated 9 km north of ITER.

ITER

Latitude
43.70719° or 43° 42′ 26″ north
Longitude
5.77711° or 5° 46′ 38″ east
Inception
2034
Open location code
8FM7PQ4G+VR
Open­Street­Map ID
way 119332666
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­construction
Wiki­data ID
Q191788
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“ITER” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “المفاعل النووي الحراري التجريبي الدولي”
  • Armenian: “Միջազգային ջերմամիջուկային փորձնական ռեակտոր”
  • Asturian: “ITER”
  • Basque: “ITER”
  • Belarusian: “Міжнародны тэрмаядзерны экспэрымэнтальны рэактар”
  • Bosnian: “ITER”
  • Bulgarian: “ITER”
  • Catalan: “ITER”
  • Chinese: “国际热核聚变实验反应堆”
  • Chinese: “國際熱核聚變實驗反應堆”
  • Chinese: “國際熱核融合實驗反應爐”
  • Croatian: “ITER”
  • Czech: “ITER”
  • Danish: “ITER”
  • Dutch: “ITER”
  • Esperanto: “ITER”
  • Estonian: “ITER”
  • Finnish: “ITER”
  • French: “ITER”
  • Galician: “International Tokamak Experimental Reactor”
  • Galician: “Proxecto ITER”
  • Georgian: “საერთაშორისო ექსპერიმენტული თერმობირთვული რეაქტორი”
  • German: “ITER”
  • Greek: “ITER”
  • Hebrew: “פרויקט איטר”
  • Hindi: “अंतरराष्ट्रीय तापनाभिकीय प्रायोगिक संयंत्र”
  • Hungarian: “ITER”
  • Indonesian: “ITER”
  • Italian: “ITER”
  • Japanese: “ITER”
  • Korean: “국제열핵융합실험로”
  • Lithuanian: “ITER”
  • Malagasy: “ITER”
  • Malayalam: “തെർമോന്യൂക്ലിയർ റിയാക്റ്റർ”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Kok-chè Jia̍t-hu̍t-chú Si̍t-giām Hoán-èng-lô͘”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “ITER”
  • Norwegian: “ITER”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “ITER”
  • Persian: “رآکتور گرماهسته‌ای آزمایشی بین‌المللی”
  • Persian: “راکتور گرماهسته‌ای آزمایشی بین‌المللی”
  • Polish: “ITER”
  • Portuguese: “ITER”
  • Romanian: “ITER”
  • Russian: “Международный экспериментальный термоядерный реактор”
  • Serbian: “ИТЕР”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “ITER”
  • Sicilian: “ITER”
  • Slovak: “ITER”
  • Slovenian: “ITER”
  • Spanish: “ITER”
  • Swedish: “Iter”
  • Swedish: “ITER”
  • Tamil: “பன்னாட்டு வெப்ப அணுக்கரு ஆய்வுலை”
  • Tatar: “Халыкара тәҗрибә термотөш реакторы”
  • Telugu: “ద ఇంటర్నేషనల్ థర్మోన్యూక్లియర్ ఎక్స్‌పెరిమెంటల్ రియాక్టర్”
  • Thai: “เครื่องปฏิกรณ์เพื่อการทดลองเทอร์โมนิวเคลียร์นานาชาติ”
  • Turkish: “Uluslararası Termonükleer Deneysel Reaktör”
  • Ukrainian: “Міжнародний експериментальний термоядерний реактор”
  • Uzbek: “Xalqaro tajribaviy termoyadro reaktori”
  • Vietnamese: “ITER”

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