Press Release: European Commission welcomes outcome of ITER Council

The European Commission welcomed the outcome of today's ITER Council - the Governing Body of the one year old ITER Organization. The Commission representatives (EURATOM) attended this two-day meeting in Cadarache (France) together with representatives from the other 6 ITER members: China, India, Japan, Korea, Russia and the United States. The Parties discussed the progress report of a panel of international experts that was asked by the last ITER Council meeting in June 2008 to assess the Organization's resources estimates and their efficient use. One of the key recommendations is to improve the management system through closer integration of the international organization and the Domestic agencies. This should facilitate the execution of the entire project and contribute to the stabilisation of the cost estimates.