Editing Timeline of nuclear fusion (section)

==2000s==
* '''2001'''
** [[National Ignition Facility]]: Facility construction completed, laser construction begins
** Negotiations on the Joint Implementation of [[ITER]] begin between Canada, countries represented by the [[European Union]], Japan and Russia.
* '''2002'''
** Claims and counter-claims are published regarding [[bubble fusion]], in which a table-top apparatus was reported as producing small-scale fusion in a liquid undergoing [[cavitation|acoustic cavitation]]. Like cold fusion (see 1989), it is later dismissed.
** [[European Union]] proposes [[Cadarache]] in France and [[Vandellos]] in Spain as candidate sites for [[ITER]] while Japan proposes [[Rokkasho]].
* '''2003'''
** The United States rejoins the [[ITER]] project with China and [[Republic of Korea]] also joining. Canada withdraws.
** [[Cadarache]] in France is selected as the European Candidate Site for [[ITER]].
** In April, [[Sandia National Laboratories]]' [[Z Pulsed Power Facility|Z machine]] produces its first DD fusion neutrons.<ref>{{cite web |title=Sandia National Laboratories — News Release — Z produces fusion neutrons |url=http://www.sandia.gov/news-center/news-releases/2003/nuclear-power/Zneutrons.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030603190249/http://www.sandia.gov/news-center/news-releases/2003/nuclear-power/Zneutrons.html |archive-date=3 June 2003 |access-date=17 January 2022 |website=www.sandia.gov}}</ref>
** [[National Ignition Facility]]: First laser pulse (10.4 kJ IR, 4 beams).
* '''2004'''
** The United States drops its own ITER-scale tokamak project, [[Fusion Ignition Research Experiment|FIRE]], recognising an inability to match EU progress.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mckee |first=Maggie |title=US to halt nuclear fusion project |url=https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn6225-us-to-halt-nuclear-fusion-project/ |access-date=2022-10-04 |website=New Scientist |language=en-US}}</ref>
* '''2005'''
** In August, '''the first [[proton-boron fusion]] via inertial confinement''' is reported.<ref name="d135">{{cite journal |last=Belyaev |first=V. S. |last2=Matafonov |first2=A. P. |last3=Vinogradov |first3=V. I. |last4=Krainov |first4=V. P. |last5=Lisitsa |first5=V. S. |last6=Roussetski |first6=A. S. |last7=Ignatyev |first7=G. N. |last8=Andrianov |first8=V. P. |date=2005-08-10 |title=Observation of neutronless fusion reactions in picosecond laser plasmas |journal=Physical Review E |publisher=American Physical Society (APS) |volume=72 |issue=2 |page= |doi=10.1103/physreve.72.026406 |issn=1539-3755}}</ref>
** Following final negotiations between the EU and Japan, [[ITER]] chooses [[Cadarache]] over [[Rokkasho]] for the site of the reactor. In concession, Japan is able to host the related materials research facility and granted rights to fill 20% of the project's research posts while providing 10% of the funding.
** [[National Ignition Facility]]: First eight-beam laser pulse (152.8 kJ IR). It becomes the world's largest laser.
* '''2006'''
** China's [[Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak]] is completed, the '''first tokamak to toroidal and poloidal superconducting magnets'''.
* '''2009'''
** [[National Ignition Facility]]: On February 26, all 192 beams are fired for the first time.
** [[National Ignition Facility]]: In June, the first laser shots are fired into a hohlraum.
** Ricardo Betti, the third Under Secretary, responsible for Nuclear Energy, testifies before Congress: "IFE [ICF for energy production] has no home".