As the agreement on the design of the $10bn International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) came to a close on 21 July after six years, three of the project's four partners had already decided to extend the collaboration. While the EU, Japan and Russia agreed to continue the fusion project for a further three years, the US was unable to decide whether to go on. ITER had found itself caught up in Washington's political in-fighting.
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