▁and ▁the ▁I TER ▁Director - General ▁is ▁Bernard ▁Big ot . ▁ ▁Part icip ants ▁ ▁Fund ing ▁ ▁As ▁of ▁ 2 0 1 6 , ▁the ▁total ▁price ▁of ▁construct ing ▁the ▁experiment ▁is ▁expected ▁to ▁be ▁in ▁excess ▁of ▁€ 2 0 ▁billion , ▁an ▁increase ▁of ▁€ 4 . 6 ▁billion ▁of ▁its ▁ 2 0 1 0 ▁estimate , ▁and ▁of ▁€ 9 . 6 ▁billion ▁from ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 9 ▁estimate . ▁Prior ▁to ▁that , ▁the ▁proposed ▁costs ▁for ▁I TER ▁were ▁€ 5 ▁billion ▁for ▁the ▁construction ▁and ▁€ 5 ▁billion ▁for ▁maintenance ▁and ▁the ▁research ▁connected ▁with ▁it ▁during ▁its ▁ 3 5 - year ▁lifetime . ▁At ▁the ▁June ▁ 2 0 0 5 ▁conference ▁in ▁Moscow ▁the ▁particip ating ▁members ▁of ▁the ▁I TER ▁co operation ▁agreed ▁on ▁the ▁following ▁division ▁of ▁fund ing ▁contributions : ▁ 4 5 % ▁by ▁the ▁hosting ▁member , ▁the ▁European ▁Union , ▁and ▁the ▁rest ▁split ▁between ▁the ▁non - host ing ▁members ▁– ▁China , ▁India , ▁Japan , ▁South ▁Korea , ▁the ▁Russian ▁Federation ▁and ▁the ▁USA . ▁During ▁the ▁operation ▁and ▁de activ ation ▁phases , ▁Eur atom ▁will ▁contribute ▁to ▁ 3 4 % ▁of ▁the ▁total ▁costs . ▁ ▁Although ▁Japan ' s ▁financial ▁contribution ▁as ▁a ▁non - host ing ▁member ▁is ▁one - ele vent h ▁of ▁the ▁total , ▁the ▁EU ▁agreed ▁to ▁grant ▁it ▁a ▁special ▁status ▁so ▁that ▁Japan ▁will ▁provide ▁for