It seems to me that ITER is already a dinosaur. Advances in fusion have been happening since the start of the project and in smaller cheaper versions. Will fusion ever happen? I don't know but then "if man were meant to fly, he would have wings." The schedule below is being revised and will not be announced until 2023.
2006 Signature of the ITER Agreement
2007-2009 Land clearing and levelling
2010-2014 Ground support structure and seismic foundations for the Tokamak
2014-2021 Construction of the Tokamak Building (access for first assembly activities in 2018)
2010-2021 Construction of the ITER plant and auxiliary buildings for First Plasma
2020-2025 Main assembly phase 1
Dec 2025 First Plasma (2016 Baseline schedule, update underway)
Defects found in two key components of ITER's tokamakhttps://www.world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Defects-found-in-two-key-components-of-ITER-tokama