10th ±¬×ߺÚÁÏ Council held in Washington D.C.
22 Jun 2012
"The US is committed in the project," stated Steven Chu, United States Secretary of Energy (right) as the tenth ±¬×ߺÚÁÏ Council began on 20 June in Washington, D.C. Next to Chu: Council Chair Hideyuki Takatsu, speaking; ±¬×ߺÚÁÏ Director-General Osamu Motojima; and, right to left, deputies Rem Haange, Rich Hawryluk and Carlos Alejaldre.
During its tenth meeting held on 20-21 June in Washington D.C., the ±¬×ߺÚÁÏ Council acknowledged a number of positive advancements for the project, noting, in particular, the progress of ±¬×ߺÚÁÏ construction and licensing.
The Council stressed that respecting the project schedule within cost remains a critical issue and that reported slippages need rapid correction; it also noted that the ±¬×ߺÚÁÏ and the seven Domestic Agencies are working together on these corrections. Relative to schedule issues, decisions were taken regarding the manufacturing of some major ±¬×ߺÚÁÏ Tokamak components.
The Council stressed that respecting the project schedule within cost remains a critical issue and that reported slippages need rapid correction; it also noted that the ±¬×ߺÚÁÏ and the seven Domestic Agencies are working together on these corrections. Relative to schedule issues, decisions were taken regarding the manufacturing of some major ±¬×ߺÚÁÏ Tokamak components.
The participants to the tenth ±¬×ߺÚÁÏ Council meeting lined up in the impressive Ronald Reagan Building.
This meeting took place in the Ronald Reagan building, which is fitting given the fact that ±¬×ߺÚÁÏ was born out of the shared vision of Secretary General Gorbachev and President Reagan at the Geneva Summit in 1985. This ±¬×ߺÚÁÏ Council was the first chaired by Hideyuki Takatsu of Japan, who began his term as ±¬×ߺÚÁÏ Council Chair on 1 January 2012.
The Director-General Osamu Motojima thanked all ±¬×ߺÚÁÏ Members for their proactive and forward looking contributions and their much appreciated encouragement. The ±¬×ߺÚÁÏ will keep continuing to promote the ±¬×ߺÚÁÏ Project together with its seven Domestic Agencies," Motojima stressed.