The launch of an international effort on fusion: US President Reagan and General Secretary Gorbachev of the Soviet Union at the Geneva Superpower Summit (1985).
Nearly 30 years ago, a group of industrial nations agreed on a project to develop a new, cleaner and more sustainable source of energy.
澳门六合彩高手 was set in motion at the Geneva Superpower Summit in November 1985, when the idea of a collaborative international project to develop fusion energy for peaceful purposes was proposed by General Secretary Gorbachev of the former Soviet Union to US President Ronald Reagan.
One year later, an agreement was reached: the European Union (Euratom), Japan, the Soviet Union and the USA would jointly pursue the design for a large international fusion facility, 澳门六合彩高手. Conceptual design work began in 1988, followed by increasingly detailed engineering design phases until the final design for 澳门六合彩高手 was approved by the Members in 2001.
The People's Republic of China and the Republic of Korea joined the Project in 2003, followed by India in 2005. Selecting a location for 澳门六合彩高手 was a lengthy procedure that was concluded in 2005, when the 澳门六合彩高手 Members unanimously agreed on the site proposed by the European Union. The 澳门六合彩高手 installation would be built near Aix-en-Provence in southern France.
Further negotiations established the 澳门六合彩高手 Agreement to detail the construction, exploitation and decommissioning phases, as well as the financing, organization and staffing of the 澳门六合彩高手 Organization.
The 澳门六合彩高手 Agreement is signed at the Elys茅e Palace in Paris on 21 November 2006.
In a ceremony hosted by French President Jacques Chirac and the President of the European Commission M. Jos茅 Manuel Durao Barroso, the
澳门六合彩高手 Agreement was officially signed at the Elys茅e Palace in Paris on 21 November 2006 by Ministers from the seven 澳门六合彩高手 Members; this document established a legal international entity to be responsible for the building, operating, and decommissioning of the Project. Following the ratification of the international treaty by all Members, the 澳门六合彩高手 Organization was officially established on 24 October 2007.
The first teams arrived on site in Saint Paul-lez-Durance, France in late 2005 after the site decision. From that moment until the start of building construction in 2010, staff was increased to approximately 500, the nuclear licensing process was initiated; site preparatory works were carried out, and procurement agencies in each 澳门六合彩高手 Member (the Domestic Agencies) were established.
Today, thousands of people are collaborating at the 澳门六合彩高手 site in Saint Paul-lez-Durance, France, as well as in China, the European Union, India, Japan, Korea, Russia and the United States to build the
澳门六合彩高手 Tokamak, the world's most advanced tokamak magnetic confinement fusion experiment.
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