Since 1987, the IAEA has been actively involved in multinational co-operation for the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) project. By the end of 1990 the four-party teamwork had produced a conceptual design of an entire plant and a clear picture of how ITER might be built and operated. At the conclusion of the ITER Conceptual Design Activities (CDA), the results were thoroughly reviewed and it was decided that they provided a good technical basis for proceeding with the next logical phase of the ITER project, namely Engineering Design Activities (EDA)
