A.A.A. Director-General for nuclear fusion wanted. The ITER project is looking for a new manager
Barabaschi is the Italian director of the world’s largest fusion project. However, his term of office is due to end in 2027
ITER, the world’s largest project in the field of nuclear fusion, is seeking a new Director-General to succeed the Italian Pietro Barabaschi. Applications are now open and will be accepted until 2 January 2027.
The position
The post of Director-General is a top-level position within the organisation: as the head of ITER, the Director-General is accountable to the ITER Council for the management of the organisation, the execution of its activities, the implementation of its policies and the pursuit of its objectives.
The term of office is five years, with the possibility of a single renewal for a second and final term, which may also last for a maximum of five years. To be eligible for the selection process, candidates must be citizens of one of the seven members collaborating on the ITER project: China, the European Union, India, Japan, South Korea, Russia and the United States.
The current Director-General
The current director, Pietro Barabaschi, an engineer from Genoa, has been in post since September 2022 and will step down at the end of 2027 after leading the organisation for five years, having, as the National Agency for New Technologies, the National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development (ENEA), a strong impetus to the project’s implementation and a significant acceleration in the construction of the plant.
The project
The headquarters of ITER – an acronym for International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor, but also referring to the original Latin meaning of ‘path’ – is located in the south of France, in Cadarache in the commune of Saint-Paul-lès-Durance, near Marseille. The staff involved in the project comprises over a thousand people from all seven ITER member states.
