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22 Apr 2024
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Shake, rattle, and... qualify!

A public-private testing partnership certified that ITER's vacuum components can withstand major seismic events.
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22 Apr 2024
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Delivering the essentials

Like a circle of giant syringes all pointing inward, the feeders transport and deliver the essentials to the 10,000-tonne ITER magnet system—that is, electrical power and cooling fluids. Twenty-one feeders, each...
Fusion Advisory Board members
22 Apr 2024
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It's FAB season

It's FAB season at ITER. Like every year since 2008, the Financial Audit Board (FAB) will proceed with a meticulous audit of the project's finances, sifting through thousands of documents, crunching numbers, conducting...
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15 Apr 2024
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Final design review is a major step forward

The generations of physicists, engineers, technicians and other specialists who have worked in nuclear fusion share a common goal, dedication and responsibility: making nuclear fusion possible for the next generations...
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15 Apr 2024
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Like grasping a bowl of cereal

Contrary to the vast majority of ITER machine components, the modules that form the central solenoid cannot be lifted by way of hooks and attachments. The 110-tonne cylindrical components provide no space for a robust...
ITER International School heads to Nagoya
15 Apr 2024
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13th ITER International School announced

The 13th ITER International School (IIS) will be held from 9 to 13 December in Nagoya hosted by National Institute for Fusion Science (NIFS), Japan.
Look up!
15 Apr 2024
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Having fun while discovering ITER

A public event on Saturday 13 April draws a big crowd.
Rapid change in the fusion ecosystem
15 Apr 2024
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Increased awareness in a changing landscape

The world of fusion research is changing fast, and world leaders are taking notice. The large public projects that occupied centre stage for the past decades are now sharing it with an ever-growing number of private...
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8 Apr 2024
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"ITER: the Giant Fusion Reactor," second edition

"Is ITER the 'star of science' whose creation has been made possible by humankind's sophisticated mastery of the laws of nature and the powers of technology? Or is it only the result of a scientific marketing operation...
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8 Apr 2024
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ITER and ASDEX Upgrade in the monastic quiet

The ASDEX Upgrade tokamak in Germany has been helping to establish the scientific basis for the optimization of the tokamak approach to fusion energy since 1991. Last month, as the ASDEX Upgrade team met to plan out its...
Mobile crane installed for tower dismantling
8 Apr 2024
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There goes the long-standing crane

In October 2014, close to ten years ago, five giant cranes were installed on and around the Tokamak Complex basemat slab. As work progressed to erect the Complex and further lift capacity was required, other cranes were...
Welders address sector bevel non-conformities
25 Mar 2024
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Sector repair has started

Built up against vacuum vessel sector #7, the scaffolding reaches almost 20 metres in height and masks the massive component. Streaks of blinding light, filtered by thick, semi-transparent red plastic sheets, flash here...
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18 Mar 2024
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Public/private consortium is building the DTT tokamak

The Divertor Test Tokamak in Italy is creating a new model for engagement with industry in fusion research. ITER helped to pave the way.
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18 Mar 2024
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An architectural paradox

There is something deliberately paradoxical in the architectural treatment of the ITER buildings.
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18 Mar 2024
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A fan then and now

For Jean-Pierre Raffarin, former Prime Minister of France (2002-2005) who visited ITER on Friday 15 March, touring the ITER installation with ITER Director-General Pietro Barabaschi and Deputy-Director-General and Chief...
ITER values in focus
4 Mar 2024
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New project values launched

Collaboration, Accountability, Respect and Excellence drive the future of fusion for a diverse staff.
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4 Mar 2024
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Midway through shield block procurement

It all begins with a forged stainless-steel block weighing nine tonnes. As machining and deep-drilling operations commence, the rectangular block progressively loses heft and gains in complexity until, two years after...
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4 Mar 2024
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More than just "stacking"

Sitting at the very centre of the vacuum vessel, the central solenoid is a 1,000-tonne magnet made of six cylindrical modules stacked one on top of another. "Stacking," however, doesn't reflect the range, complexity and...
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26 Feb 2024
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Where are we at?

Fitting the vacuum vessel sectors like a jacket , lining the inner wall of the cryostat , or covering the sides of vertical coil gravity supports , ITER's thermal shield panels act as a barrier preventing heat transfer...
All the elements inside the vessel
26 Feb 2024
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Reviewing plans for in-vessel installation

A thorough review of all "in-vessel" assembly scope was organized by the ITER Machine Assembly Program in early February, with the active participation of senior management. The review provided a panoramic view of the...