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16 Nov, 2020

11th ITER International School - POSTPONED

The 11th ITER International School, originally planned by host Aix-Marseille University in 2020, has to be p...
06 Apr, 2021

ITER Business Forum 2021

The next ITER Business Forum (IBF/21) will be organized in Marseille, France, from 6 to 8 April 2021. The event offers business ...
10 May, 2021

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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A TV interview of Jung Kijung, head of Korea...

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In The Press

Max-Planck-Institut für Plasmaphysik (IPP)

| Vielversprechende Computersimulationen für Stellarator-Plasmen
Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics (IPP)

| Promising computer simulations for stellarator plasmas
CGTN

| L'assemblage du réacteur nucléaire ITER : une collaboration internationale sans équivalent
PPPL

| Groundbreaking Tokamak Fusion Test Reactor is designated a Nuclear Historic Landmark

ITER in Pictures

Tim Luce, Head of Science & Operation

Tim Luce has been working in fusion since the beginning of his career as a physicist—first at Princeton University, then at General Atomics (home to the DIII-D tokamak), and since September 2017 at ITER. Today he is head of the ITER Science, Controls & Operation Department and interim head of the Science & Operation Domain.

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First vacuum vessel sector in Assembly Hall

One-ninth of ITER's toroidal plasma chamber has reached ITER in the form of the first vacuum vessel sector shipped by Korea. The 440-tonne component has been unwrapped and successfully leak tested; soon, it will be mounted on one of the giant tools in the background for pre-assembly activities.

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Central solenoid

A tall electromagnet--the central solenoid--is at the heart of the ITER Tokamak. It both initiates plasma current and drives and shapes the plasma during operation. Image: US ITER

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ITER's start-of-assembly celebration

High-level representatives from all of the ITER Members join (virtually) in ITER's start-of-assembly ceremony on 28 July 2020, hosted by President Emmanuel Macron of France—each one saluting the many achievements, small and large, that have brought the project to this decisive new phase and the one-ITER team that, together, is greater than the sum of its parts.

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New segments arrive

The first five segments of the cryostat top lid arrived from India this week.

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Gravity supports for the toroidal field coils

Eighteen of these 2.65-metre-tall gravity supports will be bolted to the cryostat base to support the outer edge of the toroidal field coils. The full gravity load of the ITER magnets (10,000 tonnes) will be transferred to the cryostat through these marvels of engineering delivered by China. They are next in line for delivery to the Tokamak pit.

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A welding bubble

This worker is welding a steel pipe to its concrete passageway. One of the machine's magnet feeders will pass through this tunnel on its way to supply magnets with power and liquid helium.

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Tim Luce, Head of Science & Operation

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Counting on metrology

The cryostat lower cylinder is now positioned in the Tokamak pit above the cryostat base and the remaining gap is less than 6 millimetres. Before welding activities begin, the exact position of the lower cylinder is recorded through metrology.

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PF6 enters the cryogenic chamber

PF6 is now in its cryogenic chamber, as the team prepares for thermal testing at 80 K. Poloidal field coil #6 (PF6) was fabricated by the ASIPP Institute in China under contract with the European Domestic Agency, and then sent to Europe's on-site winding facility for testing.

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