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Iter maybe in trouble

ajb
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Iter (International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor) may be in trouble due to soaring estimates on the cost. The original cost was put at £3.6 billion and has now risen to £10 billion, according to emails leaked to the BBC.

 

Have a look at the BBC news report.

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That's a huge price tag for something that may not even work (and if it does it'll be a long time coming).

 

That is the nature of experimental science.

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