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01 Mar, 2020

Recruiting Postdoctoral Fellows

The ITER Organization is recruiting now for the Monaco/ITER Postdoctoral Fellowship program. If you are a national of one of the ITER Members (China, ...
20 Jul, 2020

11th ITER International School

The 11th ITER International School will be held from 20 to 24 July 2020, hosted by Aix-Marseille University in Aix-en-Provence, France.
12 Oct, 2020

28th IAEA Fusion Energy Conference (FEC2020)

Every year, the Fusion Energy Conference brings together world actors in fusion around the latest scientific and technical results in nuclear fus...

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ITER in Pictures

Europe is producing four poloidal field coils on site

Two coils are currently in different phases of manufacturing in Europe's on-site Poloidal Field Coils Winding Facility—PF5 (in the impregnation phase) and PF2 (stacking to begin soon).

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Festive cheer

On Friday 6 December, the ITER community is treated to an artisan fair, to a Christmas tree-lighting ceremony with local mayor Roger Pizot (Saint Paul-lez-Durance), and to an afternoon of music in the lobby by the ITER band.

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25th ITER Council: all efforts converging toward the start of machine assembly

On 20-21 November 2019, the ITER Council meets for the twenty-fifth time since the signature of the ITER Agreement. The project is "on the path to success" thanks to the "One-ITER Team" and its "commitment to effective collaboration." This was the last ITER Council before the start of machine assembly (March 2020).

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How ITER construction progresses

The ITER worksite. In steel grey: the completed buildings; in purple: buildings in progress; in blue: future buildings. © Fusion for Energy 2019

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One step away

With the Tokamak Building now topped by the steel structure of its crane hall, the main building on the ITER worksite is just a step away from its final aspect.

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Cooling tower installation underway

Cooling water will flow from the Tokamak machine to the heat rejection zone (pictured) at rates of up to 14 m³/s. Equipment arriving from India is being installed by ITER Organization contractors inside of infrastructure prepared by Europe.

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Site south

Much of the central area of the platform is dedicated to electrical power, with two identical buildings for magnet power conversion (centre), a small facility for reactive power compensation (further along to the right) and as yet unbuilt structures to house the neutral beam power supplies. Also visible is the European magnet winding facility (far left) and the ITER cryoplant (left).

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A view of the future Control Building

ITER's main control room will be situated in a non-nuclear structure on the northern corner of the platform. Work will begin on the structure in 2020. © Enia Architectes, France

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Installation of cooling fans

Ten 16 x 16-metre cooling cells will receive water from the hot basin and discharge it—once cooled—to the cold basin. Each cell is filled with hundreds of layers of corrugated plastic fill and equipped with a large fan (installation underway at the top of the building) that pulls air upward.

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