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Summing up TAG
-Sabina Griffith

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Gary Johnson, Head of the ITER Tokamak Department, briefing the members of the Technical Advisory Group.

Last week, 3-5 November, the Technical Advisory Group to ITER (TAG) met at the Château de Cadarache. At its fourth meeting, the independent experts from various fusion research institutes around the globe focused on the project's progress, its schedule and resources. "The Advisory Group was impressed by the overall progress achieved in building up the IO staff and the project organization," Michel Huguet, Chairman of the TAG, said. "We also noted the good progress in key Tokamak components such as magnets and the vacuum vessel where design is stabilizing. Regarding the divertor design, we think it is premature to decide whether the first operation of ITER should be with a carbon reinforced carbon (CFC) or tungsten divertor."

Remote handling nevertheless remains an area of concern for the Group, "as we believe resources in this area are significantly underestimated." So TAG recommends a strong increase in resources and "giving priority to a systematic analysis of the remote handling compatibility of components and a full review of remote handling technologies and required test rigs."

TAG also expressed its full support for the proposed Integrated Product Team (IPT) scheme which is viewed as essential to establishing an efficient working relationship between IO and DAs and providing a way to solve a number of issues at working level.

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