ITER / Fusion for Energy

ITER is an international cooperative project established in 2006 to build the ITER thermonuclear experimental reactor in Cadarache, France. Ultimately, the aim of this infrastructure is to demonstrate the value of nuclear fusion for industrial-scale energy production and to develop the knowledge and technologies required for the subsequent construction of nuclear fusion power plants to produce electricity that is safe, sustainable and clean because it does not produce high-level and long-lasting radioactive waste. Switzerland indirectly participates in the construction of ITER as a member of the European Joint Undertaking Fusion for Energy.