"The grounds are now ready for Iran to be admitted as the 36th member of
International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor in France," Salehi told reporters on Saturday, on the sidelines of his meeting with ITER Director General Bernard Bigot in Tehran.
ITER (
International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor) Council approved the Overall Project Schedule (OPS) and the Overall Project Cost (OPC) in an extraordinary meeting in late July.
France beat Japan to host the
International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor, which is also backed by the US, China, the European Union, Russia and South Korea.
Government officials from Japan, Russia, Canada and Europe discussed the framework of an international accord to build and operate the
International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor at the two-day conference.
The new approach also enabled scientists to conduct experiments at less expense, with devices costing 5% to 10% of the planned
International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER), whose cost is estimated to reach 600 billion yen.
The United States must soon decide whether to participate in construction of the
International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER).
The French government has given the green light to the construction of the
International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) on the Cadarache nuclear site, in the South of France.
China's cash will make up about 10 percent of the budget for the
International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor nuclear fusion project, which will be based in France, the China Daily reported.
One of those, the
International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) in Cadarahce, France, projects costs of around e1/413bln just over its first phase, funded in part by the UK as part of the EU's 45% contribution, and by Japan, China, India, Russia, South Korea and the US.
The European Commission adopted, on 27 January, a draft amending budget for the years 2012-2013 to secure the extra 1.3 billion needed to finance the
International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) project.