Nuclear Fusion Project Sees Cost Overruns, More Delays

The old joke that nuclear fusion is perpetually a decade away may seem unfair, but the world’s largest fusion project is once again facing more delays and billions in cost overruns. The International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor, or ITER, has suffered at the hands of disrupted supply chains and faulty parts. And now, the project’s hopes of achieving fusion by next year is in serious jeopardy. The project has seen a number of setbacks—including Covid-19. When all its ducks were finally in a row again post-Covid, the project…