I am pretty sure that an energy bill in the US from 2008 killed all US funding for the future fusion reactor in France. I can't find a source though. Anybody have any insight on that?
It was a refocusing of funds, but yeah. The US decided to put more effort into the National ignition facility instead of ITER. Still, we do research for/with ITER, just not as a partnering country.
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I am pretty sure that an energy bill in the US from 2008 killed all US funding for the future fusion reactor in France. I can't find a source though. Anybody have any insight on that?
It was a refocusing of funds, but yeah. The US decided to put more effort into the National ignition facility instead of ITER. Still, we do research for/with ITER, just not as a partnering country.