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ITER Decision Due Soon

A decision on whether France or Spain should be put forward as the EU candidate state to host the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) project is expected in November.

The EU’s Competitiveness Council decided on 22 September that discussions would continue with a view to a decision being taken at the council’s session on 27 November.

A recent report compiled for the Council by the ITER site analysis group found that whichever site is eventually selected as the single EU candidate to host ITER - Vandellós in Spain or Cadarache in France - "either would be likely to win the international site selection".

The other potential host countries are Canada (Clarington) and Japan (Rokkasho).