JOREK magneto-hydro-dynamic simulation code now available open source

2026-10-13 - High-voltage commissioning is underway for the poloidal field coil power conversion system.

2026-10-12 - The new editor-in-chief of the journal Nuclear Fusion is ITER scientist Francesca Poli. “As we go into building many more fusion devices than in the last decades, much more research is being done on materials, on technology, and on operation. Nuclear Fusion needs to follow these developments and ensure the applicable research is being published, while also providing some leadership and guidance. This is a direction that the journal had already started and I'm really pushing for us to continue in this direction.”

2026-10-09 - These workers are unpacking looms and loops for sector #2 diagnostics and instrumentation.

2026-10-07 - The first divertor inner target production unit, completed by Research Instruments in Germany this month, is the culmination of more than a decade of development, prototyping and qualification activities coordinated by the European Domestic Agency, Fusion for Energy (F4E). Research Instruments has contracts to produce 28 units in all. © RI

2026-10-07 - Radial beams are temporary lifting tools that support and stabilize sector modules throughout their sub-assembly and transfer into the pit. When one is removed, it means that the load of the sector has been transferred to gravity supports and the tokamak’s underlying support system, the crown. Good news for the progression of the tokamak assembly program!

2026-10-05 - With the delivery on 2 October of vacuum vessel sector #2, by Europe, all of the core tokamak components (cryostat, magnets, vacuum vessel) are on site. At the ceremony held to mark the historic moment, ITER Director-General Pietro Barabaschi takes a moment to marvel at all that has been accomplished.

2026-10-05 - Staff and contractors, representatives of the Domestic Agencies and industry, converge for a brief celebration on the worksite on Monday 5 October. The last large component of the ITER machine—vacuum vessel sector #2—has been delivered.

2026-10-05 - The protective housing is moved off of vacuum vessel sector #2 on Monday 5 October.

2026-10-04 - ITER volunteers join three French national science fair events in October. With VR headsets, demonstrations, experiments and giveaways at the ITER stand, there was never a quiet moment!

2026-10-02 - The teams celebrate the arrival of the last vacuum vessel sector to ITER. Some impressive statistics about the load are printed on the housing...

2026-10-02 - The day it arrives on site, vacuum vessel sector #2 is moved into the Assembly Hall to be moved from its convoy platform to a self-propelled modular transporter.

2026-10-02 - Vacuum vessel sector #2, procured in Europe, arrives early in the morning of Friday 2 October. Six years after the arrival of the first vacuum vessel sector, the ninth and final sector is on site.

2026-09-30 - A perfect day to capture the flags of the ITER Members.

2026-09-25 - Now that the central solenoid tower is complete, with six stacked modules, the next phase of work is assembling the central solenoid structure. In this photo, tie plates are being unwrapped.