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9 Jan 2023
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Andrei Serafimovich Kukushkin

The ITER Organization remembers Andrei Serafimovich Kukushkin.
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9 Jan 2023
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A clear picture is emerging

Under a vast plastic tent set up in the Cryostat Workshop, workers in protective gear are busy cleaning the surface of a thermal shield panel that has been stripped of its cooling pipes, with the last traces of welds...
Research Instruments (Germany) is developing part of the divertor
9 Jan 2023
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Europe launches manufacturing

Fifty-eight inner vertical targets—one for every divertor cassette body (54) plus four spares—will be manufactured under the procurement responsibility of the European Domestic Agency. Positioned at the intersection of...
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19 Dec 2022
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Headlines and a shared ideal

In the very last days of the year 2021, the European JET, the largest of all operating tokamaks, achieved a first-ever sustained, high-confinement plasma and practically doubled its 1997 energy production record. One...
Inertial fusion target assembly
12 Dec 2022
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ITER applauds NIF fusion breakthrough

ITER scientists hailed the latest experimental results at the National Ignition Facility (NIF) at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California: the achievement of "breakeven" fusion energy. "When future...
Logistics king
12 Dec 2022
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Ain't no problem small enough

Soft FM keeps the ITER site humming along.
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12 Dec 2022
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A tribute to dedication and excellence

On 30 November 2022, five ITER teams were recognized for excellence during the annual ITER Achievement Awards ceremony and end-of-year celebration.
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12 Dec 2022
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Translating physics limits to millimetres

The manipulation of massive components under tight tolerances presents a formidable challenge.
IAEA meeting on long-pulse fusion operation
5 Dec 2022
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Mobilizing for long-pulse operation

One of the key operational challenges in the development of fusion energy is the achievement, simultaneously, of high fusion performance and long-pulse operation. This is one of ITER's key missions, and an essential...
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5 Dec 2022
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What is burning plasma?

The dream of fusion power depends first and foremost on a self-sustaining fusion reaction, with most of the heating power needed coming from within the reaction itself, rather than from external sources. This is what...
Introducing new SOLPS-ITER software tools
28 Nov 2022
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New SOLPS-ITER code version launched

The widely used SOLPS-ITER tool for plasma edge modelling has evolved since its launch in 2015. At recent workshop at KU Leuven in Belgium, European specialists had a chance to discover the code's new capabilities first...
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28 Nov 2022
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Accessing the very heart of ITER

Small or tall, knowledgeable or neophyte, from near or far ... the 600 people who took part in ITER's latest Open Doors Day all departed with the sense that something consequential is happening in this rural corner of...
Annual CLI meeting
28 Nov 2022
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A question and answer session

Nuclear safety policy in France requires that a local information commission (Commission locale d'information, CLI) be established every time a nuclear installation is created.
Director-General Barabaschi’s first ITER Council
21 Nov 2022
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Addressing challenges

The project's governing body, the ITER Council, convened for the 31st time in its history on 16 and 17 November to evaluate the progress of construction, manufacturing, assembly, and commissioning.
The pieces of a "module"
21 Nov 2022
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Key components to be repaired

When building a machine as large and as complex as ITER, difficulties and setbacks do not come as surprises—they are an integral part of manufacturing, assembling and installing first-of-a-kind components. From the first...
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14 Nov 2022
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Optimizing every square metre

Building management is a constant challenge at ITER.
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14 Nov 2022
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Installing the first power supply sets

When the plasma in the ITER vacuum vessel is fed sufficient power, the velocity that the particles acquire causes them to collide, fuse and generate considerable amounts of energy. Particle velocity in the plasma can be...
Neutral beam building takes shape
7 Nov 2022
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4 frames out of 13

Judging by the first elements of its steel structure, the Neutral Beam High Voltage Building , located adjacent to the Tokamak Complex, will be a spectacular addition to the ITER platform.
Talking about cybersecurity, visiting the worksite
7 Nov 2022
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Stronger together

Cybersecurity is tough work. Every day new vulnerabilities are found, new malware is created, and new companies and organizations are hit with ransomware attacks and data breaches. Protecting an organization like ITER...
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7 Nov 2022
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H-mode, the discovery that made ITER possible

Forty years ago, the scientists in the ASDEX tokamak control room at the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics (IPP) in Germany sat up straight. Something new had happened during what was expected to be a routine day...