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Last regular toroidal field coil in Japan
6 Mar 2023
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Japan completes last vertical coil

On 21 February 2023, Japan's National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology (QST) and supplier Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions celebrated the completion of the last regular toroidal field coil under Japanese...
Disruption mitigation technology advances
6 Mar 2023
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The technology advances

Experts from the ITER M ember s met for two days at ITER Headquarters to share the latest technological developments in the design of the ITER disruption mitigation system.
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6 Mar 2023
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Wendelstein 7-X surpasses target

Early in its new campaign, the Wendelstein 7-X stellarator has reached (and passed) a target, achieving an energy turnover of 1.3 gigajoules. What's more, the hot plasma was maintained for eight minutes.
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6 Mar 2023
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Into the cold chamber

Before they can be considered fit for service, the ring-shaped coils that circle the ITER vacuum vessel must be submitted to a series of tests designed to confirm their performance in the daunting environment of a...
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6 Mar 2023
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Not huge but essential

With some of the machine components that arrive at ITER as tall as a five-storey building or weighing as much as a jet liner, it's easy to overlook the smaller deliveries. But they too are key to the ITER program...
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20 Feb 2023
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Wrap it tight and let it rest

Wrapping can be a mere necessity, often a chore and sometimes an art. At ITER, the act of wrapping is an industrial-size operation that requires dozens of operators, sophisticated equipment and tonnes of material...
Good work for EAST
20 Feb 2023
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Chinese researchers innovate on coil power supply

A research team at the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences announces that a new type of poloidal field coil power supply has been successfully tested on the EAST tokamak.
20 Feb 2023
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Richard Tivey, a life dedicated to fusion

The fusion community remembers a devoted fusion technologist.
Color photo of two men wearing yellow shirts, sitting at two large computer screens to follow and control ITER plant systems that have already been commissioned. They are working on when will ITER be completed.
20 Feb 2023
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The (temporary) main control room is operating

In November 2022, "ongoing operations" started in the temporary main control room. This important milestone is another sign of the progress in systems commissioning.
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13 Feb 2023
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All ring-shaped magnets now "home" at ITER

Of all the components and systems that Russia contributes to ITER, poloidal field coil #1 (PF1) is the most massive and one of the most complex. Measuring nine metres in diameter and weighing approximately 160 tonnes, it...
Why ITER chooses deuterium and tritium
6 Feb 2023
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The magic cocktail of deuterium and tritium

Nuclear fusion in stars is easy: it just happens, because the immense gravity of a star easily overcomes the resistance of nuclei to come together and fuse. But making nuclear fusion happen here on Earth is incredibly...
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6 Feb 2023
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The cryoplant

Cryogenics play a central role in the ITER tokamak: the machine's superconducting magnets (10,000 tonnes in total), the vacuum pumps, thermal shields and some elements of the diagnostic systems must be cooled to...
Central solenoid assembly begins
30 Jan 2023
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First sequences underway

What does it take to assemble the magnet at the heart of ITER? Heavy lifting, unerring accuracy, and a human touch.
Eyes on site
30 Jan 2023
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The eyes of ITER

Supervisors ensure compliance and completion as machine and plant assembly forges ahead.
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30 Jan 2023
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Removing, displacing and disassembling

A good repair job starts with a cleared workbench, the right tools on hand and a strong vise. This axiom, true for odd jobs in a home workshop, is also true for the component repairs that ITER is preparing for. In this...
Acceptance testing completed for mechanical handling tools
23 Jan 2023
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Set of handling tools for in-vessel installation finalized

Inside of a test facility that reproduces the volume and geometry of the ITER vacuum vessel environment, a team from CNIM Systèmes Industriels has demonstrated that the tools it has designed for the installation of in...
Exploring ITER through 360° imagery
23 Jan 2023
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The assembly theatre

Ever since it was invented almost two centuries ago, photography has tried to capture what the human eye actually sees. Despite huge progress achieved, it has never completely succeeded: human vision is not only a matter...
Tungsten transport during and between ELMs
16 Jan 2023
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Favourable impurity dynamics in ITER confirmed by experiment

Recent studies at the JET tokamak confirm the physics basis for tungsten transport at the edge of fusion-producing plasmas in ITER and the project's strategy for tungsten impurity control.
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16 Jan 2023
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15th D-shaped coil delivered

Fifteen out of ITER's 19 D-shaped toroidal field coils have been delivered.
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16 Jan 2023
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Japan develops first high-output, multi-frequency gyrotron

Building off expertise developed in the supply of high-power, high-frequency gyrotrons for the ITER Project and the JT-60SA tokamak, Japan's National Institutes for Quantum and Radioactive Science and Technology (QST)...