Joint Declaration

Joint Declaration by the Representatives of the Parties tothe ITER Negotiations, on the Occasion of the Ministerial
Meeting for ITER, Moscow, 28th June 2005
The Representatives of the European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom),
the Government of the People's Republic of China, the Government of Japan,
the Government of the Republic of Korea, the Government of the RussianFederation and the Government of the United States of America,

Recalling the successful completion of the ITER Engineering Design Activities(ITER-EDA) under the auspices of the International Atomic Energy Agency(IAEA);
Recognizing that the ITER-EDA has produced a detailed, complete and fully
integrated engineering design of ITER, an international project aimed atdemonstrating the scientific and technological feasibility of fusion energy;
Emphasizing the importance of exploring the long-term potential of fusionenergy as a virtually limitless, environmentally acceptable and economicallycompetitive source of energy;
Advocating wide international co-operation in developing this source of energy
for all mankind;
Noting the attached Joint Paper that sets out the common views reached by
the Heads of Delegations of the European Union and Japan to ITERNegotiations on the respective roles of EURATOM and Japan in the joint
implementation of ITER within the six-party Framework;
Convinced, on the basis of progress in research and other developments in thefield of fusion energy, of the importance of ITER as the next step on the path
to develop fusion energy and of the urgent need to initiate the implementationof ITER;

Emphasizing the importance of ITER for the rapid realization of fusion energy
for peaceful purposes and the stimulation of the interest of succeeding
generations in fusion;
Emphasizing also the importance of joint implementation and partnership in
implementing this long-term and large-scale research project, and of anequitable sharing of the resultant benefits among the Parties to the prospective
international agreement on the joint implementation of ITER (hereinafter "theAgreement");
Mindful of the critical importance of safe and reliable implementation of theconstruction, operation and decommissioning phases of ITER, including for thepurpose of demonstrating safety and advancing the social acceptability offusion as an energy source;andSharing the common understandings that:*ITER should be implemented by an international organization (the ITER
Organization) to be established and supported by the Parties, to theAgreement (hereinafter "the Parties") with the possibility of accession by any
state or international organization subject to unanimous agreement of theParties;*
ITER shall be sited at Cadarache, France; and so the Host and the nonHost in the attached Joint Paper will be respectively EURATOM and Japan;*
the sharing of costs and the allocations among the Parties ofprocurements of the components of ITER should follow the consensus on thesematters that has been reached in the frame of ITER negotiations to date*;*[The estimated costs of ITER construction are set out in the Final Reportof the ITER EDA (ITER Documentation Series No 21, IAEA, Vienna 2001.) The
ITER Host Party will contribute 50% of the construction costs of ITER. Eachother Party will contribute 10%.]*the Broader Approach activities that will be implemented throughbilateral cooperation between EURATOM and the Government of Japan will beopen to other Parties for their participations in Broader Approach research
activities;
On the above basis:confirm that the negotiations on the Agreement and related documents
reflecting the above-mentioned common understandings should be completedwith the greatest urgency for submission thereafter to their respective
authorities for signature and ratification, acceptance or approval as necessary,with a view to enabling the entry into force of such Agreement and the start ofconstruction as soon as practicable;reaffirm the importance of the continuation, pending the entry into force of theAgreement, of the successful co-operation to date within the framework of theITER Transitional Arrangements under the auspices of the IAEA and asprovided for in the Terms of Reference of these Transitional Arrangements,
including the early identification and designation of the nominee Director General for the prospective ITER Organization and the establishment at an
appropriate time of a common fund to support common expenses incurred inpreparing for an efficient start of joint implementation of ITER; andexpress their gratitude to the IAEA for its important and constructive role insupport of ITER co-operation since its inception and their wish to continue afruitful relationship with the IAEA in the future phases of ITER co-operation.
Signed on 28th June, 2005, at Moscow: