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26 Mar, 2019

ITER Business Forum 2019

The ITER Business Forum (IBF/19) will be organized in Antibes, France, from 26 to 28 March 2019. Organized by Agence...

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ITER in Pictures

Women on stage

What better way to join in on the fun on 8 March—International Women's Day—than with an exhibition celebrating the contributions of women in the ITER Members to different fields of science and technology? Also on offer that day at ITER Headquarters was a lecture on the theme of climate and energy by Kirsty Gogan (Co-Founder and Executive Director of Energy for Humanity) and a roundtable discussion on networking and careers facilitated by the ITER Women's Network (some members pictured in "ITER yellow").

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HTS current leads in China

High temperature current leads are part of every feeder supplying large amount of currents to the ITER magnets. In China, an extensive qualification program resulted in prototype pairs of every type (toroidal field type pictured) and series manufacturing is underway.

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Director-General Bernard Bigot accepts a second term

In a unanimous decision, the ITER Council votes in January 2019 to reappoint Bernard Bigot to a second five-year term as Director-General of the ITER Organization (March 2020-March 2025). Stakeholders welcome the announcement as a guarantee of continuity for the demanding days ahead.

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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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Women on stage

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Outside the cryoplant

This complex set of hand valves and local readings of pressure, temperature and flow is part of the cooling loop that maintains the temperature inside the cryoplant's quench tanks at 100 K.

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Lower cylinder: DONE

The final tests have been carried out and the 490-tonne can officially be called "completed." Scaffolding will be removed in March.

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STRIKE installed

In Padua, technicians are installing the STRIKE diagnostic, which will characterize the uniformity and divergence of the SPIDER beam. Directly behind it, on the other side of the open vessel, is the actively cooled beam dump.

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