Plans For The Future

In the future one of the major projects that scientists and engineers will be working on is the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER). The approximate cost to build and operate this reactor is 10 billion euros (14.8 billion dollars CAD). Its scheduled to start operating in 2015. By the mid 21st Century technologies developed from ITER will hopefully be enough to be able to generate electricity from commercial fusion plants. In the future the majority of the world's energy needs might be solved by nuclear fusion.