Fusion for Energy

European Joint Undertaking for ITER and the Development of Fusion Energy
Fusion for Energy (F4E)
Joint undertaking overview
FormedMarch 27, 2007 (2007-03-27)
JurisdictionEuropean Atomic Energy Community (European Union)
Headquartersc/ Josep Pla, nº 2
Torres Diagonal Litoral
Edificio B3
08019 Barcelona
Spain
41°24′30″N 2°13′08″E / 41.408310°N 2.218846°E / 41.408310; 2.218846
Joint undertaking executive
  • Marc Lachaise, Director
Key document
Websitefusionforenergy.europa.eu
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Fusion for Energy (F4E) is a joint undertaking of the European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom) that is responsible for the EU's contribution to the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER), the world's largest scientific partnership aiming to demonstrate fusion as a viable and sustainable source of energy. The organisation is officially named European Joint Undertaking for ITER and the Development of Fusion Energy and was created under article 45 of the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community by the decision of the Council of the European Union on 27 March 2007 for a period of 35 years.[1]

F4E counts 450 members of staff. Its seat is located in Barcelona, Spain, and it has offices in Saint-Paul-lès-Durance, France, and Garching, Germany. One of its main tasks is to work together with European industry and research organisations to develop and provide a wide range of high technology components for the ITER project.

  1. ^ European Council (30 March 2007). "COUNCIL DECISION of 27 March 2007 establishing the European Joint Undertaking for ITER and the Development of Fusion Energy and conferring advantages upon it". Official Journal of the European Union. L98: 50–72. Retrieved 30 June 2013.