In fact, ITER is a big instrument for fundamental research, so its €500 million Euros annual cost needs to be compared with similar scientific initiatives, such as the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), which costs one billion Swiss francs per year. In my opinion, searching for the fundamental structure of particles is far more important than studying the stability of a plasma.
事实上，国际核聚变实验堆主要是用来作基础研究的，所以应该把它每年5亿欧元的费用与类似的科学倡议进行对比。比如，欧洲核子研究组织每年的费用是10亿瑞士法郎。在我看来，研究粒子的基本结构远比研究一种火焰的稳定性要重要得多。