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Interview: Kathy McCarthy of ORNL, US Director of the ITER Fusion Project

The world’s largest nuclear fusion project has been in development for more than 30 years and is now entering its assembly phase in Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, France. The ITER project is also the world’s largest collaboration of scientists and researchers, including some working for the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Kathy McCarthy is ITER’s US Director and is based at ORNL. She spoke with WUOT’s Chrissy Keuper about the ITER project.  

 

Chrissy served as WUOT's News Director and host of monthly public affairs talk show Dialogue from late 2021 to early 2023. Her first job with the station was as weekend student announcer while earning her bachelor's in Anthropology from the University of Tennessee. She had previously been the station's local host for NPR's Morning Edition and All Things Considered news programs; occasionally filled in as host for WUOT's Morning and Afternoon Concerts; and won multiple awards for her interviews, feature stories, and Dialogue.