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A detailed cutaway of the Iter, with hot plasma, in pink, in the centre. (Photo: ITER)

Germany 'not satisfied' with nuclear fusion spending

Germany has said it is unhappy with the "exorbitant" cost of the EU's international nuclear fusion project, Iter EU, and called for more transparency on spending.

"The bigger a science project is - and in Iter, Europe is not the only member - the more complicate its governance. Iter is exorbitant," Annette Schavan, Germany's education and research minister told journalists on Tuesday (10 May).

Schavan said that Berlin last year demanded a special taskforce to investigate the gover...

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A detailed cutaway of the Iter, with hot plasma, in pink, in the centre. (Photo: ITER)

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