Global fusion plans face three-year delay

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Members of the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) project have agreed that a decision on the proposed construction of a plant for the study of nuclear fusion as a source of energy is not likely to be made until the year 2000. Project members comprise Russia, the US, Japan and the European Union. All members are believed to be unwilling to fund the project and are concerned about the environmental implications. The EU has already spent almost $1 billion on its Framework fusion research project, with a further 10%-40% increase in funding needed if the ITER plant is built in 1998 as initially planned.

Research, United States, Planning, Japan, Russia, Nuclear fusion, International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor

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Delays, confusion over rules hinder EC research projects

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Murky regulations and bureaucratic foot-dragging are hampering three EC-funded research programs. These programs, which are part of the Framework 3 plan for supporting research, are Biomed, ESPRIT and Human Mobility. Biomed aids biomedical and health research, ESPRIT aids information technology research and Human Mobility enables European researchers to learn new methods by working in countries other than their own. EC funding is continuing to attract scientists despite the complications plaguing these three programs.

Management, ESPRIT program

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New EC commissioner is seen as friend of basic research

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Antonio Ruberti of Italy has succeeded Filippo Pandolfi as the EC's research commissioner. Ruberti intends to give far more attention to basic research than Pandolfi and hopes to secure member nation support for the $19 billion Framework program by Jun 1993. Ruberti's agency has been restructured to combine educational and research functions. Training as an electronics engineer and service as the Italian Minister for Research qualify Ruberti for his new position.

Officials and employees, Appointments, resignations and dismissals, European Union. European Commission, Ruberti, Antonio

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