Recently, the European Union and other six countries including India signed the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) Project. Which one of the following was not a signatory to it?
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- ACanadaCorrect
- BChina
- CJapan
- DUSA
Explanation
The correct answer is A because Canada is not a member of the ITER Project. The seven main partners involved in this international nuclear fusion research project are the European Union, India, China, Japan, the United States, Russia, and South Korea. While Canada was involved in the very early conceptual stages of the project, it withdrew its participation before the final agreement was signed by the key partner nations in 2006.
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