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25 Jul 2016
Actualité

The cold factory

In order to maintain 10,000 tonnes of magnets at superconducting temperature, to cool the thermal shield and to feed the cryopumps, ITER will need to circulate huge quantities of cooling fluids.
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25 Jul 2016
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Caring for tritium

Tritium, one of the two heavy isotopes of hydrogen, is as rare as it is precious. In the present state of technology, it is one of the indispensable ingredients to achieving fusion energy.
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25 Jul 2016
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Another round table

In the on-site winding facility where Europe will manufacture four of ITER's poloidal field coils, the winding tooling is now in place alongside a newly assembled "round table," which goes by the official name of "double...
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18 Jul 2016
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Central solenoid fabrication: a photo reportage

Inside of a purpose-built facility at General Atomics in California (US), ten customized workstations for central solenoid fabrication—from winding through to final testing—have been built and are undergoing...
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18 Jul 2016
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Cryptic fashion

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18 Jul 2016
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Europe completes its share of poloidal field conductors

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18 Jul 2016
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A complex landscape of concrete and steel

The more construction progresses on the ITER worksite, the more the complexity of the project becomes obvious—and striking.
JET with ITER-like plasma-facing components
18 Jul 2016
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Brainstorming on the use of JET for ITER

From 13 to 15 July, the Culham Centre for Fusion Energy (CCFE, UK)—home to the European tokamak JET—hosted representatives from 27 European fusion research centres plus the ITER Organization for a brainstorming session...
New Cryogenic Project Team
18 Jul 2016
Actualité

A team for cryogenics

Since 2015, as part of the new Director-General's action plan for improved project performance, joint ITER Organization-Domestic Agency Project Teams have been created in schedule-critical areas to focus project...
Planning for ITER decommissioning
11 Jul 2016
Actualité

Thinking ahead to decommissioning

Nine years before the operational campaign at ITER kicks off, some people are already thinking ahead to the final plasma shot and beyond.
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11 Jul 2016
Actualité

The 'frame' is ready, welding can begin

It is no news that the ITER Tokamak will be large ... very large. But "large" can remain an abstraction until you are given the chance to see some of the equipment and tools that will be implemented in its construction.
Final step-up transformer delivered for MITICA
11 Jul 2016
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Fifth transformer installed at PRIMA test facility

Graphite cladding for Wendelstein 7-X
11 Jul 2016
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Wendelstein 7-X pauses after 2,200 plasma shots

The world's biggest and most advanced fusion device of the stellarator type has successfully completed its first experimental campaign.
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4 Jul 2016
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Giant... and yet not real-size

Iranian delegation visits ITER
4 Jul 2016
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High-level Iranian delegation visits ITER worksite

There are presently twelve vice presidents in the Republic of Iran and on Friday, 1 July, two of them were at ITER. Ali Akbar Salehi, Vice President and head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, and Sorena Sattari...
A visit to India focused on cooling water
4 Jul 2016
Actualité

Collaboration is in the pipes

ITER stand at WNE
4 Jul 2016
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ITER at the World Nuclear Exhibition

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27 Jun 2016
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And now the "finishing" touch

The main elements of the 1,500-tonne double overhead bridge crane—four girders and their corresponding trolleys—are now in place in the Assembly Hall. The big red crawler crane has been dismantled and is on its way to...
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27 Jun 2016
Actualité

Mega contract to manage assembly and installation

After a year-long international tender process, the ITER Organization has selected the Construction Management-as-Agent contractor that will manage and coordinate the assembly and installation of the ITER Tokamak and...
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27 Jun 2016
Actualité

Three more segments for the cryostat

One by one the elements that make up the base of the ITER cryostat—the single largest load of Tokamak assembly—are being delivered to the ITER site from India and safely stored in the Cryostat Workshop.