ITER and Fusion News Index
Sub-Topic Index
- Fuel Issues: Tritium, Lithium
Reports #82, #83, #97, #98 - ITER Timeline and First Plasma Date Slippage
Reports #75, #76, #86, #94 ,#150, - ITER and EU DEMO Timelines
2012 Gantt Chart - Laser Fusion and NIF
Reports #73, #102, #103, #104, #136 through #140 - ITER Assembly Issues and Regulator Actions
Reports #76, #91, #112, #113, #114 - JET
Reports #78, #102 - Beryllium Issues Covered by:
Celia Izoard March 22, 2022; David Kramer, May 22, 2022 - Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Commonwealth Fusion Systems
#32.7, #50.5, #92, #132,
Full ITER and Fusion News Chronological Index
2023
150. ITER Reactor Assembly Stoppage Enters Third Year (Jan. 5, 2024)
149. U.K. Atomic Energy Authority Confirms Lithium Enrichment Challenge (Dec. 29, 2023)
148. Open Letter to Rafael Mariano Grossi, Director-General, International Atomic Energy Agency (Dec. 11, 2023)
147. ITER Organization Prepares for Retreat From Beryllium Design Objective (July 26, 2023)
146. French Journalist Noé Girard-Blanc Continues ITER Power Exposé (May 26, 2023)
145. Response From Pietro Barabaschi, Director-General of ITER (May 2, 2023)
144. Open Letter to Pietro Barabaschi, Director-General of ITER (April 15, 2023)
143. ITER Organization Denies Projections of 2030 for First Plasma (Jan. 6, 2023)
2022
142. ITER Organization Confirms 440 MW Electrical Input Requirement for Reactor (Dec. 23, 2022)
141. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Committed Science by Press Conference. Why? (Dec. 22, 2022)
140. Ignition Omission: Understanding the National Ignition Facility Milestone (Dec. 21, 2022)
139. What I Got Wrong About the National Ignition Facility Fusion Story (Dec. 15, 2022)
138. National Ignition Facility: The Emperor of Laser Fusion Has No Clothes (Dec. 14, 2022)
137. DOE National Laboratory Makes History by Achieving Fusion Ignition Hoax (Dec. 13, 2022)
136. Fusion Energy Breakthrough Scam (Dec. 11, 2022)
135. Head of ITER Organization Withdraws Reactor Net Energy Claim (Nov. 15, 2022)
134. The Shocking Video That Explains the Hidden Flaw of Nuclear Fusion (Oct. 13, 2022)
133. Head of U.K. Fusion Walks Back Claims For Planned $22 Billion Reactor (Oct. 7, 2022)
132. MIT’s Road to Nuclear Fusion Is Paved With Good Intentions (Aug. 8, 2022)
131. Without Fuel, the Fusion Game Is Over (PCAST – President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology) (July 18, 2022)
130. False Foundations for Nuclear Fusion (June 21, 2022)
129. The Missing Miracles of Fusion Fuel (June 21, 2022)
128. The Failure to Plan for Fusion Fuel (June 21, 2022)
127. European ITER Domestic Agency Removes Director (June 13, 2022)
126. The Absurd Absence of Fuel for Nuclear Fusion (June 11, 2022)
125. Full Financial Disclosure for ITER Reactor Could Be Painful (June 7, 2022)
124. Errors and Omissions in the CNN Article on the ITER Reactor (June 1, 2022)
123. ITER Director-General Bernard Bigot Dies (May 14, 2022)
122. The Nuclear Fusion Bubble Is Going to Burst (April 30, 2022)
121. More Defective ITER Reactor Sectors (April 28, 2022)
120. Voodoo Fusion Energy (April 27, 2022)
119. ITER Reactor Assembly Delay Will Be at Least One Year (April 27, 2022)
118. There Will Be No International DEMO Reactor That Follows ITER (April 25, 2022)
117. Announcing UTRC, the Universal Tokamak Reactor Calculator (April 24, 2022)
116. How Fusion Representatives Created the Power Deception (April 9, 2022)
115. Fusion Q-Values and Breakeven Explained (April 8, 2022)
114. Open Letter to Dr. Bernard Bigot, Director-General of the ITER Organization (Feb. 24, 2022)
113. Response by ITER Director-General Bernard Bigot (Feb. 24, 2022)
112. French Regulator Halts Assembly of ITER Reactor (Feb. 19, 2022)
111. Open Letter to Editors of the New York Times (Feb. 19, 2022)
110. Open Letter to Editors of New Scientist (Feb. 18, 2022)
109. Open Letter to Editors of the Guardian (Feb. 17, 2022)
108. Open Letter to Editors of Nature (Feb. 16, 2022)
107. Open Letter to Editors of Science Magazine (Feb. 15, 2022)
106. Chief Scientist Describes ITER Fusion Reactor Goal Accurately (Feb. 11, 2022)
105. U.K. JET Fusion Reactor Produces More Five-Second Reactions After 25 Years (Feb. 9, 2022)
104. Why Achieving “Fusion Ignition” Is Not Relevant to Practical Laser Fusion Progress (Feb. 4, 2022)
103. Why Achieving a “Burning Plasma” Is Not Relevant to Practical Laser Fusion Power (Feb. 2, 2022)
102. Why Scientific Breakeven Is Not Relevant to Practical Laser Fusion Progress (Feb. 2, 2022)
101. How Fusion Scientists Misled the European Union About ITER (Feb. 1, 2022)
100. Fusion Workers in Europe Suffer From ITER Management Issues (Jan. 29, 2022)
99. News Media Reports Year-Old Fusion Breakthrough, Milestone, Step Forward, Etc., Etc. (Jan. 26, 2022)
98. The Fuel for Nuclear Fusion Doesn’t Exist (Jan. 12, 2022)
97. Lithium, Lithium, Everywhere — and None to Use for Fusion Reactors (Jan. 8, 2022)
2021
96. Kitty Hawk Moment Achieved in Fusion (Dec. 9, 1993, Dec. 27, 2021)
95. Cleantechnica Covers Fusion, Minus the Hype (Dec. 4, 2021)
94. ITER “First Plasma” Date Slips Again; Fusion Organization Moves Goalposts (Nov. 27, 2021)
93. Nuclear Fusion Race Closing In, Harness the Power of the Sun, Save the Planet, Etc., Etc., (Jan. 1959, Nov. 24, 2021)
92. Commonwealth Fusion Cons Nature Magazine Journalist (Nov. 21, 2021)
91. ITER Fusion Reactor Fails Nuclear Regulatory Agency Inspection (Nov. 10, 2021)
90. U.S. Department of Energy Scientists Will Give Presentation on Fusion Energy Progress (Nov. 9, 2021)
89E. ITER Director-General Makes False Power Claim to French Senate (Nov. 3, 2021)
89F. ITER: Le Directeur Général Fait une Fausse Déclaration sur le Réacteur à Fusion au Sénat Français (Nov. 3, 2021)
88E. ITER Organization Concedes Reactor Is Not Designed for Net Power Production (Nov. 3, 2021)
88F. L’Organisation ITER Concède que le Réacteur N’est Pas Conçu pour Produire une Puissance Nette (Nov. 3, 2021)
87. Bernard Bigot Presentation to the French Senate – Last Three Minutes (Nov. 3, 2021)
86. ITER Timeline Delayed Again: First Experiments Most Likely in 2031 (Oct. 26, 2021)
85. Former Head of U.K. Fusion Said Tokamak Energy Ltd. Made Baseless Fusion Promises (Oct. 18, 2021)
84. Events Leading to the False Claims in Laban Coblentz’s Press Release on Behalf of the ITER Organization (Oct. 16, 2021)
83. The Tritium Fusion Fuel Discrepancy: The Scientific Facts (Oct. 10, 2021)
82. The Tritium Fusion Fuel Discrepancy: The Misleading Claims (Oct. 10, 2021)
81. Serious Discrepancies with ITER and Nuclear Fusion (Oct. 10, 2021)
80. The Future ITER Nuclear Reactor: A Titanic and Energy-Intensive Project (Oct. 9, 2021)
78. Uncovering the 700 MW Input Power Needed for the Joint European Torus Reactor (Oct. 5, 2021)
77. Misleading ITER Power Claims by Fusion Scientist Mark Henderson (Oct. 1, 2021)
76. Component Issues Are Real Reason for ITER Reactor Delay, Former Spokesman Says (Sept. 26, 2021)
75. ITER Fusion Reactor First Plasma Delayed (Again) (Sept. 17, 2021)
74. Organizers Cancel Fusion Session for United Nations General Assembly Science Summit (Sept. 9, 2021)
73. National Ignition Facility Achieves Ignition in Historic Nuclear Fusion Experiment (Aug. 29, 2021)
72. National Ignition Facility Fusion Photo Montage (Aug. 22, 2021)
71. Review of The Fairy Tale of Nuclear Fusion by L. J. Reinders (July 11, 2021)
70. When Will We Get Energy From Nuclear Fusion? (Progress in Nuclear Fusion) (July 1, 2021)
69. ITER Reactor First Plasma Delayed (Again) (June 18, 2021, Updated as article #75 : Sept. 17, 2021)
68. India Has Stopped Paying Cash Contributions for ITER Fusion Reactor (June 12, 2021)
67. President Biden Does NOT Get Hoodwinked by Fusion Advocates (June 12, 2021)
66. Fusion Excluded From International Energy Agency Climate Road Map (May 18, 2021)
65. ITER, The Grand Illusion: A Forensic Investigation of Power Claims (April 11, 2021)
2020
64. ITER Is a Suicidal Plan That Would Discredit Nuclear Fusion, Scientist Says, Again (Dec. 5, 2020)
63. Physicist Protests ITER Organization Claims (Nov. 28, 2020)
62. Mes Échanges Avec le Directeur Scientifique du Projet ITER (Nov. 22, 2020)
61. My Conversation With the Chief Scientist of the ITER Organization (Nov. 21, 2020)
60. ITER Council Meeting Begins Tomorrow (Nov. 17, 2020)
59. Omitting the ITER Input Power – Bigot and Coblentz’s Roles (Nov. 14, 2020)
58. False Fusion Claims by Ian Chapman, Head of U.K. Fusion (Nov. 7, 2020)
57. Open Letter to ITER Director-General About ITER Power Claims (Nov. 3, 2020)
56. The Question Fusion Scientists Don’t Want to Answer (Oct. 31, 2020)
55. Fusion Progress and Promises: The First Three Decades (Oct. 24, 2020)
54. Omitting the ITER Input Power – Cardozo’s Role (Oct. 17, 2020)
53. How the Zero-Watt ITER Reactor Was Misleadingly Sold as a 500 Megawatt Reactor (Oct. 10, 2020)
52. Princeton Lab Anticipates Fusion Breakeven Within Three Years (September, 1982)
51. Fusion Researchers: New Reactor Will Create Power Comparable to Hoover Dam ( January 1959)
50.5 Open Letter to the President of Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Regarding Deceptive Claims by MIT Fusion Scientists (Sept. 30, 2020)
50. Omitting the ITER Input Power – Martin Greenwald’s Role (Sept. 29, 2020)
49. ITER Claims: Corrections and Retractions (Sept. 26, 2020)
48. European Commission Leads the Way with Accurate ITER Promises (Sept. 19, 2020)
47. European ITER Domestic Agency Removes False Fusion Claims (Sept. 12, 2020)
46. Letter to European Commission: False Claims By European ITER Agency (Aug. 27, 2020)
45. Nobel Laureate Foresaw ITER is Bait-and-Switch, 2004 Article Reveals (Sept. 4, 2020)
44. 2016 Survey of Professors on ITER Power Claims (August 29, 2020)
43. European Commission President Directs Correction of False ITER Claims (Aug. 20, 2020)
42. Senior Market Advisor Falls for ITER Bait-and-Switch (Aug. 8, 2020)
41. Evidence of the ITER Fusion Illusion (Aug. 7, 2020)
40. Avec ITER, Plus ça Change, Plus C’est La Même Chose (Aug. 3, 2020)
RELATED: ITER Organization publishes press release and makes false claim about ITER output (July 28, 2020)
39. False Fusion Claims by ITER European Domestic Agency (July 23, 2020)
38. Founders of Renaissance Fusion Perpetuate ITER Deception (June 18, 2020)
37. ITER Council Notified of Exaggerated Claims (June 16, 2020)
36. The Dark Side of ITER (June 15, 2020)
35. Open Letter to Dr. Kathy McCarthy, Director, U.S. ITER Project Office, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (June 7, 2020)
34. European Commission Corrects Misleading ITER Power Claims (May 29, 2020)
33. The ITER Power Misunderstanding: How It Happened (April 28, 2020)
32.7 Did MIT and Commonwealth Fusion Systems Mislead Fusion Investors? (July 2, 2019)
32.5 First Light Fusion’s Fake (Feb. 12, 2019)
32. A Decade of False and Exaggerated ITER Power Claims on Wikipedia (Feb. 10, 2019)
31. World Nuclear News Gets Fooled Again by False ITER Power Claim (Jan. 30, 2019)
30. European Fusion Education Association Corrects False ITER Power Claim (Jan. 29, 2019)
29. Fusion Power versus Fusion Power (National Academies of Science Examples) (Jan. 23, 2019)
2019
RELATED: Formation of lobbying group Fusion Industry Association (Nov. 9, 2018)
28. International Energy Agency Removes False ITER Fusion Power Claims (Nov. 1, 2018)
27. Atkins Company Removes False ITER and JET Fusion Power Claims (Oct. 25, 2018)
26. ITER Page Disappears From EUROfusion Consortium Web Site (Sept. 2, 2018)
25. European Commission Corrects ITER Claims on Its Nuclear Fusion Page (Sept. 2, 2018)
24. ITER True and False (August 8, 2018)
23. U.K. Atomic Energy Authority Corrects False and Misleading ITER Claims (June 26, 2018)
22. French Nuclear Institute IRSN Corrects False ITER Claims (June 22, 2018)
21. Appendix A — ITER Power Values (June 17, 2018)
20. Steven Cowley’s Role in the Misleading JET and ITER Fusion Claims (June 12, 2018)
19. ITER Organization Corrects More of Its False Fusion Claims (April 26, 2018)
18. Experts Testify Before Congress on Future of U.S. Fusion Energy Research and ITER (March 28, 2018)
17. Effects of Fusion Representatives’ Misleading Public Communications (March 22, 2018)
16. Causes of Misleading Public Statements about Nuclear Fusion (March 22, 2018)
15. India ITER Domestic Agency Corrects False and Misleading ITER Claim (Jan. 31, 2018)
2017
14. World Nuclear Association Corrects False and Misleading ITER Claims (Dec. 23, 2017)
13. ITER Russia Domestic Agency Corrects a False and Misleading ITER Claim (Dec. 22, 2017)
12. Evidence of the ITER Power Deception (Dec. 11, 2017)
RELATED: ITER Organization publishes press release and walks back some claims and makes new claims (Dec. 6, 2017)
11. EUROfusion Organization Corrects All of Its False ITER Fusion Claims (Nov. 23, 2017)
10. Head of U.K. Nuclear Fusion Center Concedes Inaccuracies (Nov. 16, 2017)
9. List of Corrected Fusion Power Statements on the ITER Web Site (Nov. 7, 2017)
8. ITER Organization Corrects Some of Its False Fusion Claims (Nov. 7, 2017)
7. EUROfusion’s Role in the ITER Power Deception (Nov. 7, 2017)
RELATED: ITER Organization responds with explanation of Q (Oct. 30, 2017)
6. The ITER Power Amplification Myth (Oct. 6, 2017)
5. Former ITER Spokesman Confirms Accuracy of New Energy Times Story (Jan. 19, 2017)
4. Supplement to The Selling of ITER (PDF) (Jan. 12, 2017)
3. The Selling of ITER (Jan. 12, 2017)
2016
2. The $21 Billion ITER Lie (Dec. 15, 2016)
1. New Energy Times Uncovers Serious Discrepancies in ITER Fusion Facts (Dec. 14, 2016)