Partners Will Rethink Fusion Project

ITER[ Andrew Lawler ][1] The search for cheaper versions of a massive fusion project will begin next month, when partners in the $10 billion International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) meet to discuss the project's fate. The impending decision to consider cost-saving alternatives to the current design, revealed last week by U.S. fusion officials and confirmed by ITER director Robert Aymar, marks a major shift in direction for the troubled program. [1]: http://www.sciencemag.org#name