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7 Nov 2022
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The top ring is on its way

After a ceremonial launch at the Sredne Nevsky shipyard in Saint Petersburg, ITER's smallest ring-shaped magnet—poloidal field coil #1 (PF1)—has been loaded on a transport vessel for shipment to ITER.
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7 Nov 2022
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ITPA meetings resume at ITER

After a hiatus of three years due to Covid, in-person meetings of experts from the International Tokamak Physics Activity (ITPA), supporting research for ITER, have resumed. On-site meetings at the ITER Organization or...
7 Nov 2022
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12th ITER International School announced

The 12th ITER International School (IIS) will be held from 26 to 30 June 2023, hosted by Aix-Marseille University in Aix-en-Provence, France.
Planned DTT tokamak
24 Oct 2022
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An Italian "mini ITER" to explore thermal power exhaust

The Divertor Tokamak Test (DTT) facility is smaller than ITER, with a different objective, but that doesn't mean that there is not a lot to learn from an in-person exchange between scientists.
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24 Oct 2022
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All in the family

Director-General Pietro Barabaschi's message to ITER Organization and Domestic Agency staff on 19 October 2022 could be summarized in these words: ITER is one and everyone is ITER.
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24 Oct 2022
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An elbow through the wall

Cool is in high demand in the ITER tokamak. Magnets need it to achieve superconductivity, the thermal shield to limit heat exchanges with the outside environment, cryopumps to trap particles and achieve high vacuum, and...
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17 Oct 2022
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The magic of plasma physics

Held in October every year, the French Festival of Science (Fête de la Science) is the opportunity for the ITER Organization to encounter a very young public and share the magic of plasma science.
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17 Oct 2022
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Plasma physicists never retire

Five years ago, in late 2017, David Campbell retired from the ITER Organization. A veteran plasma physicist who had spent 14 years at JET and participated in the JT-60U research program, he was appointed in 2006 as the...
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17 Oct 2022
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Going where no fusion experiment has gone before

In an increasingly populated fusion landscape where private companies are joining publically funded institutions, what is the value of ITER as a scientific instrument?
Pietro Barabaschi named ITER Director-General
10 Oct 2022
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An emphasis on collaboration and integrity

At the University of Genoa, Italy, in the late 1980s, students in electromechanical engineering were getting more than just a training in electricity and mechanics. "It was a very flexible, very versatile cursus that...
Résonances sculpture links art and science
10 Oct 2022
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ITER and art "resonate" in nearby village

When driving by the village of La Roque d'Anthéron, about 35 kilometres from the ITER site, one now passes an imposing structure that beckons the eye skyward. It is the recently inaugurated Résonances monument, created...
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10 Oct 2022
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Celebrating the battle of 9 nights and 10 days

On 1 October, Indians from the ITER community came together to celebrate an age-old Indian festival called Navaratri in the most dazzling way. They turned the bowling hall at the small town of Villeneuve into a lively...
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3 Oct 2022
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Measuring the behaviour of fast ions in the plasma

A diagnostic probe, called the "lost alpha monitor," is being carefully designed to measure the behaviour of escaping ions.
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3 Oct 2022
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A collision of worlds

As Gabriela Hearst, the Creative Director of the fashion brand Chloé , is quick to tell you, she is very excited about hydrogen fusion. She had read about ITER and other fusion projects in an article in the Financial...
Final assembly of cold valve boxes
3 Oct 2022
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Cold valve boxes for the ITER cryopumps

Eight sophisticated "cold valve boxes" will regulate the forced flow of supercritical helium to the eight cryopumps of the ITER vacuum system. European contractors Research Instruments (Germany) and Cryoworld...
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26 Sep 2022
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A helium campaign kicks off at JET

After achieving record-breaking results on the Joint European Torus during 2021 experiments with the high-performance fuel mix of deuterium and tritium, EUROfusion researchers are turning to helium in a campaign intended...
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26 Sep 2022
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Down under

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26 Sep 2022
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An annual reminder about safety

ITER's Safety and Quality Department knows: you can never repeat an important message often enough.
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26 Sep 2022
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Seven years of faithful service

In November 2015, workers from the European contractor Sea Alp Engineering, an Italian company based in Turin, began installing a large circular structure at the south end of the on-site Poloidal Field Coil Winding...
19 Sep 2022
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ITER Council appoints new Director-General

Convening in an extraordinary session in Paris, the ITER Council has appointed Pietro Barabaschi as the next Director-General of the ITER Organization. Mr Barabaschi is expected to take office in the coming weeks.