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16 Nov, 2020

11th ITER International School

The 11th ITER International School will be held in 2020, hosted by Aix-Marseille University in Marseille, France.
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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ITER in Pictures

ITER celebrates assembly

On 28 July 2020, Director-General Bernard Bigot opens the ITER Project's start-of-assembly celebration. "Constructing the machine is like constructing a giant 3D puzzle with an intricate timeline...We move forward with a deep sense of purpose."

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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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First-of-a-kind vacuum vessel sector reaches France from Korea

On Wednesday 22 July, the first vacuum vessel sector from Korea is unloaded at Marseille harbour—a long and delicate operation that lasts more than two hours. Photo: Emmanuel Bonici

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3D plant drawing

The seven levels of the Tokamak Building house all kinds of equipment, piping, electrical cables, and feed lines for the plant systems of the ITER machine. This 3D drawing gives the clearest idea yet of the complexity of the systems assembly task ahead. © ITER Organization

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Start-of-assembly ceremony

Director-General Bernard Bigot opens the ITER Project start-of-machine assembly celebration on 28 July 2020 with these words: "Today, as we look forward to the machine assembly phase, we know that the hardest part lies ahead. [...] Every aspect of project management, systems engineering, risk management, and logistics of the machine assembly must perform together with the precision of a Swiss watch. We have a complicated script to follow over the next few years; we move forward with a deep sense of purpose, and with gratitude for this historic opportunity. We cannot afford to fail."

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Join ITER's start-of-assembly ceremony!

On 28 July, the ITER Project will be livestreaming its start-of-assembly ceremony from 10:00 a.m. local French time. To log into the livestream, see all instructions here: https://www.iter.org/newsline/-/3473

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Thermal shield lift frame: tests underway

In the ITER Assembly Hall, another pair of assembly tools designed and procured by Korea—the thermal shield frames—are undergoing tests without load. These frames will support tall panels of thermal shielding as they are lifted to vertical for installation of the sector sub-assembly tools.

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Top lid elements, ready to ship

In India, Larsen & Toubro has finalized all of the elements of the top lid (12 triangular segments plus a central disk). The segments will soon ship to ITER for assembly in the Cryostat Workshop.

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PF5 in line for cold testing

The fifth poloidal field coil (PF5) is now fully assembled, including protective plates and clamps (18). The next step is cold testing.

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46 rather particular doors

Installed all around the tokamak machine at three levels, these port cell doors double in weight (from 30 to 60 tonnes) when filled with dense, neutron-blocking concrete. The last of 46 doors was installed in June by European Domestic Agency contractors.

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