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 Hitachi Cables Quality Assurance officers measuring the strand diameter after delivery from Jastec.  The first small step: the box contains two spools of Nb3Sn strand representing a value of around $30 000. The JA-DA Responsible Technical Officer Y. Takahashi stands in front.  ITER Organization presents the JA-DA and Hitachi with an award for their performance (two bottles of champagne to represent the ITER site and a bottle of Sake to represent the source of the material). On 28 November 2007, the Japanese Domestic Agency (JA-DA) was the first to sign a Procurement Arrangement (PA) with the ITER Organization covering its 25% share of Cable-In-Conduit Conductors for the TF magnet system. In March 2008, JA-DA awarded two contracts to Japanese companies for the supply of 20 tons each of chromium-plated Nb3Sn strands within the framework of this PA. One of the companies, Jastec, completed the production of its first batch of strands in mid-December 2008 and carried out the PA-required acceptance tests earlier this year. Following the successful completion of these tests, Jastec received the required 'authorization to proceed' from the JA-DA, and was cleared to ship the strands to the cable manufacturer. All corresponding strand data was saved to the Conductor Database, developed by the ITER Organization as a common tool to assist the Domestic Agencies in monitoring their industrial contracts. << return to Newsline #73 |
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