<Table> Project milestones <Tr> <Th> Date </Th> <Th> Event </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> ITER project officially initiated . Conceptual design activities ran from 1988 to 1990 . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Engineering design activities from 1992 to 1998 . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2005 </Td> <Td> India officially became part of ITER . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2006 </Td> <Td> Approval of a cost estimate of € 10 billion ( US $12.8 billion ) projecting the start of construction in 2008 and completion a decade later . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2008 </Td> <Td> Site preparation start , ITER itinerary start . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2009 </Td> <Td> Site preparation completion . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Tokamak complex excavation starts . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2013 </Td> <Td> Tokamak complex construction starts . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2015 </Td> <Td> Tokamak construction starts , but the schedule is extended by at least six years . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2016 </Td> <Td> The Atomic Energy Organization of Iran formally requests to join ITER . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2017 </Td> <Td> Assembly Hall ready for equipment </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2018 - 2025 </Td> <Td> Assembly and integration </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2025 </Td> <Td> Planned : Assembly ends ; commissioning phase starts </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2025 </Td> <Td> Planned : Achievement of first plasma . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2035 </Td> <Td> Planned : Start of deuterium -- tritium operation . </Td> </Tr> </Table>
<Table> Project milestones <Tr> <Th> Date </Th> <Th> Event </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> ITER project officially initiated . Conceptual design activities ran from 1988 to 1990 . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Engineering design activities from 1992 to 1998 . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2005 </Td> <Td> India officially became part of ITER . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2006 </Td> <Td> Approval of a cost estimate of € 10 billion ( US $12.8 billion ) projecting the start of construction in 2008 and completion a decade later . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2008 </Td> <Td> Site preparation start , ITER itinerary start . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2009 </Td> <Td> Site preparation completion . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Tokamak complex excavation starts . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2013 </Td> <Td> Tokamak complex construction starts . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2015 </Td> <Td> Tokamak construction starts , but the schedule is extended by at least six years . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2016 </Td> <Td> The Atomic Energy Organization of Iran formally requests to join ITER . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2017 </Td> <Td> Assembly Hall ready for equipment </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2018 - 2025 </Td> <Td> Assembly and integration </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2025 </Td> <Td> Planned : Assembly ends ; commissioning phase starts </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2025 </Td> <Td> Planned : Achievement of first plasma . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2035 </Td> <Td> Planned : Start of deuterium -- tritium operation . </Td> </Tr> </Table>
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