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26 Sep 2016
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Prince of Monaco visits ITER for second time

The helicopter made a banking pass over the ITER site, then another, and another, as the Prince took in the vista of substantial construction progress made since his last visit . At precisely 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, 21...
Clever barge
26 Sep 2016
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Crane versus barge: a tale of Russian ingenuity

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26 Sep 2016
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Coming soon: cryoplant components from all over the world

Manufacturing for the world's largest single-platform cryogenic plant is progressing, with a series of factory acceptance milestones successfully passed (or imminent) and the first completed components expected on site...
First vacuum piping delivery received
26 Sep 2016
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Not your ordinary pipes

The typical pipe is made from a steel plate that is rolled to form a tube, and welded along its length. The nuclear world, however, is not fond of long welds ... especially in piping.
CMA contract kickoff meeting
19 Sep 2016
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Starter pistol for ITER assembly management contract

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19 Sep 2016
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Provence Region pledges an extra EUR 43 million to ITER

In the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region (PACA)—the administrative territory that spans from the Italian border to the Rhône river valley, and from the Mediterranean shores to the Alpine summits south of Grenoble—the...
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19 Sep 2016
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Bathing in silver

Only the emptiest and most remote regions of outer space are colder than the ITER magnets. Extreme cold, cold that is just above absolute zero, is needed for achieving superconductivity, the physical state that allows...
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19 Sep 2016
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New "strike force" to deal with runaway electrons

A visit from IAEA leadership
12 Sep 2016
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ITER and IAEA director-generals consider expanding collaboration

Last week ITER Director-General Bernard Bigot gave a warm and spirited welcome to the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Yukiya Amano.
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12 Sep 2016
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Cryostat welding begins

A few weeks ago, the six tier 1 segments of the cryostat base were positioned on an assembly frame in the Cryostat Workshop and readied for welding operations. Using optical metrology, the 50-tonne elements were...
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12 Sep 2016
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Progress reflected in a mirror

Welcome, Scientist Fellows
12 Sep 2016
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The fellowship of fusion science

In January 2016, a call for nominations was launched for ITER Scientist Fellows —scientists working in the ITER Members who were willing to apply their expertise to solving some of ITER's high-priority research needs...
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5 Sep 2016
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Polar explorer on energy and ITER

In 1986 Jean-Louis Etienne set out for the North Pole alone, on foot, from Ward Hunt Island in the extreme north of Canada—a voyage across the frozen Artic Ocean that lasted 63 days. Doctor, mountaineer, navigator...
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5 Sep 2016
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A matter of size

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5 Sep 2016
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Toroidal field coil manufacturing at Mitsubishi

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5 Sep 2016
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29th SOFT opens its curtains in Prague

The 29th edition of the Symposium on Fusion Technology (SOFT) today opened its curtains in the Czech capital of Prague. With 30 exhibitors and more than 800 scheduled posters and presentations, SOFT once more proves to...
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25 Jul 2016
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See you in September!

The 42-hectare ITER construction platform is the centre of intense activity that will know no pause this summer. But the Newsline team is taking its annual break and will resume reporting in September...
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25 Jul 2016
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Heat waves

A building that is 45 metres long, 49 metres wide and 26 metres high—that is what it will take to host the powerful radiofrequency sources that will contribute their power to heating the ITER plasma.
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25 Jul 2016
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A pit... no more

With work beginning on the ground level (L1) of the Diagnostics Building, the concrete and steel of the Tokamak Complex will soon be flush with the ITER platform. The 90 x 130 metre "Pit" of yesterday is gone but the...
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25 Jul 2016
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Essential auxiliaries

Inside the completed Site Service Building, finishing works are underway.