Euratom signs fusion energy declaration with Japan

摘要

The European Union's energy commissioner, Kadri Simson, representing the European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom), and Kazuo Kodama, ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary of Japan to the EU, have signed a joint declaration on the Broader Approach activities in fusion energy. These agreements relate to the Iter project in southern France as it approaches first plasma and the start of its operation. Meaning 'the way' in Latin, Iter is a collaboration of 35 nations to build the world's largest tokamak, a magnetic fusion device that has been designed to prove the feasibility of fusion as a large-scale and carbon-free source of energy based on the same principle that powers the Sun and stars. Established in 2007, through the signature of the Broader Approach Agreement by Euratom and Japan, these activities aim to complement the Iter project and to address the scientific and engineering challenges related to building a commercial fusion power plant.