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21 Jan, 2019

10th ITER International School

The ITER International School aims to prepare young scientists/engineers for work in the field of nuclear fusion and in research applications associat...
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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In The Press

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| Energy Leaders Need To Pay More Attention To Fusion In 2019

ITER in Pictures

The ITER band is back

Seen twice this month at Headquarters—the 11-piece ITER band, playing holiday favourites for the enjoyment of staff and visitors alike. Rumour has it that they will be making more regular appearances in the New Year. We hope so!

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Tradition lives on

This beautiful tree is a gift from the municipality of Saint Paul-lez-Durance (pop. 800), which hosts the ITER installation. Mayor Roger Pizot has been a strong supporter of the project since the early site negotiation days, and has delivered a holiday every year since 2012 and the inauguration of the Headquarters Building.

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Magnet feeder component from China installed in Pit

On 6 December, a magnet feeder component procured by the Chinese Domestic Agency becomes the first machine component to settle into the Tokamak Pit. Although machine assembly officially starts with the first heavy lift—the installation of the cryostat base in March 2020—many components like this one will find their way into the lowest galleries around the machine before then.

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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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Construction completed on the cooling tower zone

The handover of the cooling tower zone from the European Domestic Agency to the ITER Organization takes place on 21 December 2018. The infrastructure is ready; now the ITER team will supervise the installation of equipment sent by the Indian Domestic Agency.

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Hot basin

During the ceremony participants were given access to the underground hot basin. During the machine's operational phase, water can enter the hot basin at up to 65 °C.

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All painted in white

Now painted in white, the first level of the Diagnostic Building is ready for handover to contractors for the beginning of systems installation. The embedded plates visible on all surfaces will allow contractors to attach the supports required for installing plant systems.

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An unassuming name, a strategic building

Despite a rather unassuming name, the Site Services Building is a strategic resource for the entire installation, accommodating and distributing a large number of industrial support services and systems. All mechanical and electrical equipment (pumps, chillers, pressurizers, cabinets and chemical dosing systems) and relevant piping has been installed, and a series of hydrostatic tests have been completed successfully.

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As we enter 2019 ...

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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En route for the MITICA beam source

The European Domestic Agency, Fusion for Energy, has awarded a EUR 20 million contract to ALSYOM-SEIV (ALCEN group, France) for the fabrication of the MITICA beam source—a prototype of the ITER neutral beam heating beam source that will generate 40 A of negative hydrogen or deuterium ions. The equipment is expected in four years. (Pictured, representatives of Fusion for Energy, ITER Organization, Consorzio RFX, and ALSYOM-SEIV.)

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