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ITER in Pictures

US Secretary of Energy meets American staff

US staff members meet in July with Secretary of Energy Rick Perry and US Ambassador to France and Monaco Jamie McCourt. In addition to this brief exchange, the delegation sat down with management and took part in an extensive walking tour of the worksite.

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Senior US administration official visits ITER

In July 2018, the ITER Organization receives the visit of US Secretary of Energy Rick Perry. His first-hand look at ITER construction and manufacturing will give him the insight and information needed to contribute credibly to discussions in Washington about the US role in ITER.

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Russia completes its share of poloidal field conductor

A view of the manufacturing workshop at the Chepetsky Mechanical Plant in Glazov, Russia, where more than 120 tonnes of niobium-titanium superconducting strands have been produced for ITER. In the insert, the braided strands have been compacted around a cooling channel and pulled into a structural jacket.

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The seven-storey Tokamak Complex

This detailed cutaway shows the buildings of the Tokamak Complex (Tritium, Tokamak and Diagnostics buildings, from left to right) and the seismic isolation system underneath the Complex. Once the Tokamak Building has been completed, and it matches the height of the Assembly Building, the temporary wall between them will come down and the rails for the heavy lift overhead cranes (in yellow) will be extended.

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ITER in the rain

After weeks of perfectly azure skies, ITER presents itself in a different, more subdued colour range.

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The Tokamak Building in July

The red-and-white crane beam spins slowly over the capped bioshield in late July. Down below, teams are continuing to pour concrete for the crown wall; outside, at level 3, they are laying a special type of "neutron-absorbing" borated concrete.

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Creating a cold room

The cold test chamber has been delivered in segments. Here we see how the magnet coils will be enclosed in a tube-like structure.

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Walking around the base

The first welding activities on the cryostat base kicked off in 2016. Today the lower tier has been finalized, the pedestal ring is suspended above and, in between, teams are trial fitting the vertical wall segments.

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First tool up

The 800-tonne tools are designed to support charges of up to 1,200 tonnes.

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Three identical rows

Aligned in three rows, each one linked to a helium cold box, the helium compressors installed on tall concrete pads will supply the cold boxes with gaseous helium at 21.8 bars.

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