- Cadarache
Cadarache in
Bouches-du-Rhône ,Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur ,France is aresearch center fornuclear energy created in1959 by the "Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique ". The center is on the commune ofSaint-Paul-lès-Durance .Located at coord|43|41|15|N|5|45|43|E| (43.687391 N 5.761986 E, [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Cadarache&ll=43.687391,5.761986&spn=0.046177,0.059052&t=k&hl=en Google map] ), which is about 60 km north-east inland from
Marseille , it has been a nuclear research centre since presidentCharles de Gaulle launched France's atomic energy program in 1959.It is the designated site of the future international
tokamak fusion power reactorITER . This was decided in a final meeting inMoscow onJune 28 2005 .External links
* [http://www.itercad.org/ Cadarache, European site for ITER]
* [http://www-cad.cea.fr/fr/cadarache/presentation/index_gb.htm CEA research center of Cadarache]
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4629239.stm BBC News] article on Cadarache to host Iter
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