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30 Aug 2021
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ITER Russia Media Day 2021

On 24 August, the ITER Organization and the Russian Domestic Agency held a virtual press conference for 17 journalists from the leading Russian press agencies and publishers.
Technological splendour
30 Aug 2021
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First "building block" takes shape

Although it comprises hundreds of thousands of components, a tokamak is essentially a toroidal chamber surrounded by magnetic coils. In ITER, the "chamber," or vacuum vessel, is made of nine 40° sectors, five of which...
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26 Jul 2021
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Two sisters, two suns and a monument to fusion

Amid the gentle slopes of Asciano, Italy, there stands a stone window that frames the Sun on the summer solstice. It looks as though it might have always been there, a striking but minimalist shrine to the Sun in the...
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26 Jul 2021
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The men and women of ITER

They hail from Ahmedabad and Prague ... from Naka and Moscow ... from Seoul, Hefei, Atlanta and hundreds of other towns and cities across the 35 nations participating in the project. These are the men and women of ITER...
Introducing ITER Talks
26 Jul 2021
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All about ITER and fusion

Beginning this autumn, the ITER Organization will be launching a new video series to inform, inspire and educate. The first video—introducing the series and offering a general overview of the ITER project—is available...
Poloidal field coil #5 enters the stage
26 Jul 2021
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A majestic component enters the stage

The floor of the Assembly Hall is an ever-changing stage. Like characters in a grand production, components of all size and shapes make a spectacular entry, play their part as lead actor or supporting cast, and...
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12 Jul 2021
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A set of spares for the long journey

In about five years, ITER will embark on a long journey through largely uncharted territory. Conditions will be harsh and—despite all the calculations, modelling, prototyping and testing—some of the components might fail...
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12 Jul 2021
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A new generation of Monaco-ITER Fellows

The seventh group of Monaco Fellows has joined ITER with funding from a longstanding partnership between the Principality of Monaco and the ITER Organization. The Monaco-ITER postdoctoral fellowship is designed to...
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12 Jul 2021
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The last step before plasma operations

ITER's approach to commissioning makes a clear distinction between system commissioning and integrated commissioning. Integrated commissioning is a carefully orchestrated process that occurs only after all components...
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12 Jul 2021
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First module ships

Having successfully completed an overland journey of 2,400 kilometres, central solenoid module #1 is now on its way across the Atlantic.
On the road to ITER
28 Jun 2021
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First central solenoid module on its way

It's a long way from San Diego to Houston. From the Pacific shores to the Gulf of Mexico, the road stretches approximately 2,400 kilometres through Southern California, Arizona, New Mexico and the better part of Texas...
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28 Jun 2021
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The fine art of preservation

To keep components and materials in good condition prior to entering service, a set of actions needs to be performed. These activities, which are specific to a given piece of equipment, are collectively referred to as...
First four QST gyrotrons ready for shipment
28 Jun 2021
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Japan completes gyrotrons

To achieve extreme temperatures in the core of the plasma, ITER will rely on three external heating systems. One of them—electron cyclotron resonance heating—relies on the electromagnetic-wave-generating power of 24 slim...
440-tonne jewel from Korea
21 Jun 2021
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Second "jewel" to leave Korea

A second 40-degree sector of the ITER vacuum vessel is about to leave the Hyundai Heavy Industries manufacturing facility in Ulsan, Korea, for shipment to ITER.
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21 Jun 2021
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The experts of tomorrow

Robotics is at the heart of every major industrial project. In ITER, the operation of mobile automated systems will play a key role in assembling machine components in the restricted environment of the assembly pit, in...
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21 Jun 2021
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Now the vertical spools

At the L3 level of the Tokamak Building, ceiling height in some galleries exceeds 10 metres. But when it comes to lifting a cryoline spool, tilting it 90 degrees and inserting it into a vertical shaft that connects to...
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21 Jun 2021
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Dhiraj Bora, leading contributor to fusion and ITER

The ITER community was greatly saddened to learn of the passing of Dhiraj Bora, a well-known expert in plasma physics and tireless proponent of the ITER project.
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21 Jun 2021
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All shine and precision

A cluster of polished metal and silver catches the eye at the far end of the Assembly Hall, as thermal shield panels join vacuum vessel #6 inside the arms of a tall assembly tool.
ITER Members connect worldwide
17 Jun 2021
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Progress despite challenging times

The ITER Council meets for two statuatory meetings every year, traditionally in June and November. Its role, as established by the ITER Agreement , is to be responsible "for the promotion, overall direction and...
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15 Jun 2021
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T-15MD comes on line in Russia

Sixty-three years after a team at the Kurchatov Institute in Moscow built the world's first tokamak, experiments are slated to begin there on a new machine, T-15MD. This versatile, mid-sized device is designed to support...