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7 Nov 2016
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European consortium to deliver 100-million-euro robotic system

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24 Oct 2016
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In the tokamak's subterranean world

Final cryostat base segments delivered
24 Oct 2016
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Cargo, barge, monster trailer ... and an eyedropper

Shipping three 120-tonne cryostat segments from India to the ITER site, some 9,000 kilometres distant, is a huge global operation involving a large cargo ship, a specially designed barge, tugs, three monster trailers...
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24 Oct 2016
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First D-shaped winding pack: last activities before transfer

European contractors have completed the fabrication of the first ITER toroidal field winding pack. A series of mechanical and electrical tests now remain before the 110-tonne component is transferred to another facility...
Interest in ITER
24 Oct 2016
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Pictures from the Fusion Energy Conference in Japan

For six days last week in Kyoto, the world fusion community came together at the Fusion Energy Conference—an important rendezvous on the calendar of researchers, engineers, industry representatives, students, and policy...
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24 Oct 2016
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DIII-D tokamak: creating and controlling hot plasmas just got easier

Researchers working at the DIII-D National Fusion Facility at General Atomics (US) have succeeded in developing new flexibility for the neutral particle beam system, enabling a dramatic increase in the ability to both...
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24 Oct 2016
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A spectacular rendition of the Tokamak Complex

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17 Oct 2016
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Bearing extreme forces

Tremendous forces will be exerted on the ITER machine when plasmas begin pulsating inside the vacuum vessel. As a consequence, the machine's support system needs to be both extremely robust, with a strong connection to...
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17 Oct 2016
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Last, record-setting plasma shot for MIT's Alcator C-Mod

On Friday, 30 September, scientists and engineers at MIT's Plasma Science and Fusion Center ( PSFC ) made a leap forward in the pursuit of clean energy by setting a new world record for plasma pressure on the Alcator C...
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17 Oct 2016
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World Energy Congress calls for action

ITER en Provence
17 Oct 2016
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From a drone's perspective

Flying over the ITER site in the early autumn light, a drone captures both the unique setting of ITER in the Provencal landscape and the spectacular progress in construction.
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10 Oct 2016
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ITER to Japan at breakneck speed

When ITER starts running plasma shots, operators in the control room on site won't be the only ones processing the huge amount of data collected by the tokamak's diagnostics systems. Ten thousand kilometres from ITER, in...
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10 Oct 2016
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Giant Chinese transformer now in place

Fourteen metres long and a close to 280 tonnes—one would need an exceptionally powerful crane to lift and install such a heavy and cumbersome load.
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10 Oct 2016
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Doors wide open

The visit of the gigantic ITER Assembly Building, elegantly reflecting the bright blue sky from its prominent position on the construction platform, was the highlight of the most recent ITER Open Doors Day held on...
Communicating about communication
10 Oct 2016
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ITER communicators brainstorm new approaches

A central paradox for the ITER communicator is knowing that the ITER "product" is the largest, most complex multinational science and engineering project on Earth—arguably the largest in human history—and yet knowing...
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10 Oct 2016
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ITER Media Days: journalists converge

The word is out. For journalists of all types—whether a national daily, an online high-tech magazine, an international wire service, or a physics trade press publication; whether armed with a laptop and pocket recorder...
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3 Oct 2016
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Of mega tools and dentist drills

The Poloidal Field Coils Winding Facility, where conductor lengths are transformed into large ring-shaped magnets, is the realm of large and powerful tools: tower-like "de-spoolers", a 5-metre-high vacuum test chamber...
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3 Oct 2016
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India successfully tests power supplies for heating system

CERN and ITER: sharing insights
3 Oct 2016
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Different quests, similar issues

Their quests are different, but many of the technologies they use and most of the issues they face are similar. CERN and ITER have a lot in common—right down to a former director general in the person of Robert Aymar who...
A new partnership for ITER
3 Oct 2016
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Welcome Australia!

For the first time in its history, the ITER Organization has established a formal path to technical collaboration with a non-Member state: Australia. On Friday 30 September, the ITER Organization signed a Cooperation...