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Final double pancake for PF coil #3
27 Jun 2022
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Have the last pancake!

After close to five years of intense activity, the winding table at the south end of the European poloidal field coil factory on site is now empty. Last week, the last circular conductor arrangement ("double pancake")...
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20 Jun 2022
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30th ITER Council: Progress in a time of challenge and transition

The Council chamber on the fifth floor of the ITER Headquarters building resonated once again with the sound of voices as Member representatives gathered for the 30th Meeting (IC-30) on 15 and 16 June 2022.
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20 Jun 2022
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Back together again

After more than two years, ITER has resumed a tradition that dates back to 2007—Open Doors Day. On Saturday 18 June, more than 50 "volunteers," staff and contractors of the ITER Organization, the European agency for ITER...
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13 Jun 2022
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Cultivating curiosity and creativity

Robotics are everywhere. As technology develops, robots are playing an increasing role in industry, medicine, agriculture and many other fields. In ITER, the operation of mobile automated systems will be paramount in...
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13 Jun 2022
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Changing views

Twelve years after construction work began on the ITER platform, the installation has acquired its near-final appearance. More than 85 percent of civil works are now completed and—of the 40 buildings and technical areas...
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13 Jun 2022
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A steep climb

In the days and weeks to come, the sector module that was installed in the tokamak assembly pit on 11-12 May will be moved closer to its final position. Hydraulic systems in both the radial beam above the module and TIPI...
Open Day at SIMIC
13 Jun 2022
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Europe celebrates the toroidal team

Contributors to Europe's toroidal field coil procurement program gathered on 27 May 2022 to celebrate a 14-year industrial effort that is successfully drawing to a close.
Passing over the threshold
23 May 2022
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The "module" has landed

This "module" was not designed to land on the Moon. But it was as complex a piece of technology, requiring as much precision in its handling as the famed "lunar modules" of the Apollo project that made history more than...
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23 May 2022
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Eisuke Tada takes over the leadership of the ITER Project

Eisuke Tada, from Japan, assumes the interim role of Director-General of the ITER Organization in the wake of the passing of Director-General Bernard Bigot.
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23 May 2022
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A visit from Gabriela Hearst and the Chloé team

The ITER project is renowned for being on the cutting-edge of many fields of design—but fashion design, haute couture, is not one of them. So it was a fascinating collision of two worlds when ITER recently played host to...
The first sector module lift
23 May 2022
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Watch the Big Lift!

A component towering six storeys high and weighing the equivalent of four fully loaded Boeing 747s is lifted out of tooling and transferred into the assembly pit. Believe us, you'll want to see the video below.
Remembering Bernard Bigot
16 May 2022
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Remembering Bernard Bigot, ITER Director-General 2015-2022

On the ITER site, the machinery of construction was humming just like on any weekday. Workers were concentrating on their tasks, laying rebar for new buildings or preparing for yet another assembly operation. In the...
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9 May 2022
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Preparing for the Big Lift

The distance was short but the challenge daunting: on Thursday last week, the first section of the plasma chamber was lifted 50 centimetres above its supports. What made this first-of-a-kind operation particularly...
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9 May 2022
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13th toroidal field coil arrives from Europe

The toroidal field coil procurement effort has been one of the longest of the ITER program, initiated by Procurement Arrangements signed in 2007 and 2008. Manufacturing is nearly completed.
Diagnostic system agreements finalized
9 May 2022
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Final Procurement Arrangement signed

ITER Diagnostics reached an important milestone in December 2021 when it concluded the last Procurement Arrangement of the diagnostics program.
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9 May 2022
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A quick visit to the Control Building

Work is progressing on the ITER Control Building, ergonomically designed for the 60 to 80 operators, engineers and researchers who will call it home. Newsline paid a quick visit to the construction site last week.
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2 May 2022
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Travel with us to ... and through ... ITER

The latest drone video from the ITER Organization takes you deep inside the work underway in Saint-Paul-lez-Durance to build the world's largest tokamak.
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2 May 2022
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Fill it up, please!

A white, vapour-like plume escapes from a valve on top of the cryoplant 's liquid nitrogen storage tank. Like the smoke coming out of a cardinals' conclave, it delivers an important message: the first cryogenic system in...
2 May 2022
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Stay tuned for a remarkable lift

Inside the ITER assembly theatre, a major lift event is imminent. This 3D animation takes us through the steps that will be necessary to transport the first 1,200-tonne section of the vacuum vessel into the tokamak pit.
Central solenoid: assembly area
2 May 2022
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All one needs to begin stacking

A beginner's Erector Set? Elements for an innovative board game? Not quite: these three circular structures and the tools and accessories scattered about are all one needs to begin building the ITER central solenoid, a...