While it is not clear what would happen to the project if the United States withdrew, Dr. Bigot argues that it is in every participating country’s interest to s

While it is not clear what would happen to the project if the United States withdrew, Dr. Bigot argues that it is in every participating country’s interest to see it through. “You have a chance to know if fusion works or not,” he said. “If you miss this chance, maybe it will never come again.” We already know that fusion works just fine for the sun - this is not the argument that I would use. And it's my opinion that we've already proven fusion can't be cost effective (producing excess energy) with the current reactor designs. I'd rather this money went towards moon-shots that were proposing alternate ways of achieving fusion.