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15 Jun 2021
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Toshiba completes ITER coil

Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions has produced the first of four ITER toroidal field coils on behalf of Japan's QST*, the National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology. The coil will be shipped...
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15 Jun 2021
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G.S. Lee, from KSTAR to ITER to Government

Former ITER Deputy Director-General and Chief Operating Officer, Gyung-Su ("GS") Lee, is the Korean Government's new Vice-Minister for Science, Technology and Innovation.
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15 Jun 2021
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US ITER ready to deliver first central solenoid module

This week the "beating heart" of ITER—the central solenoid, the largest of ITER's magnets—will take the first step in the final lap of a decade-long journey. Over the next few days, it will be loaded onto a special heavy...
TF12 on a wing
15 Jun 2021
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Another faultless sequence

Finalized by Japan in January 2020 , delivered to ITER two months later , toroidal field coil #12 (TF12) has moved yet another step closer to its final installation inside the assembly pit as part of the first "pre...
Cryostat welding underway
7 Jun 2021
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First weld for the top lid

Of the four sections that make up the ITER cryostat, the top lid is the thickest, second heaviest (more than 700 tonnes) and most structurally complex. On Monday 7 June, following a traditional coconut ceremony in the...
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7 Jun 2021
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ORNL researchers excited to be part of history at JET

As part of a long-running collaboration, the US Oak Ridge National Laboratory is supporting landmark experiments aiming for a fusion milestone at JET.
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7 Jun 2021
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It's happening in the pit

There has always been something breathtaking about the vast cylindrical volume that will accommodate the ITER tokamak. When it was empty , it felt like a high-tech rendition of a Roman amphitheatre, complete with stands...
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31 May 2021
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Contract awarded to Spanish company

The ITER Organization has concluded a contract with the Spanish company ENSA (Equipos Nucleares SA) for the welding of the ITER vacuum vessel.
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31 May 2021
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MAST's divertor concept yields positive results

During the first months of experimentation on the MAST Upgrade tokamak in the United Kingdom, an innovative plasma exhaust concept has demonstrated positive results, reducing by tenfold the heat loads at the divertor...
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31 May 2021
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A blast of heat to test Europe's plasma-facing components

At the HELCZA experimental and testing facility in the Czech Republic, the European Domestic Agency is about to begin high heat flux tests on blanket first wall prototypes.
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31 May 2021
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Architectural challenges and solutions

An installation as massive as ITER, with a main complex rising 60 metres above ground and construction spreading over 42 hectares, could be a terrible eyesore and an offense to the beauty of its rural surroundings.
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17 May 2021
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The virtual experience

The international fusion community charts the progress of its craft.
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17 May 2021
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Celebrating 60 years of Fusion Energy Conferences

"It is the year 1958. For the second time, the United Nations have invited the nuclear community to its headquarters in the Swiss capital of Geneva to discuss the peaceful use of the atom. And it is during this week of...
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17 May 2021
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Women in Fusion event

Five experts share their experience of entering and evolving in the field of fusion as women, and offer a number of suggestions for reducing the "fusion gender gap."
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10 May 2021
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E-conference opens, participation never higher

The 28th IAEA Fusion Energy Conference (FEC) is off to an auspicious start. Open to the public for the first time thanks to the technical possibilities of an all-virtual format, the conference has attracted 3,400...
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10 May 2021
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Fitting the pieces virtually

A "virtual fit" tool developed by the European Domestic Agency is helping the vacuum vessel manufacturing team anticipate the challenge of final assembly—the moment when four sub-segments are brought together and welded...
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10 May 2021
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Last manifolds completed in China

Contractors to the Chinese Domestic Agency have completed an important part of the gas injection system—the distribution manifolds that carry gas species from the tritium plant to the ITER machine and back for processing...
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10 May 2021
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Seventh vertical coil reaches ITER

Seven toroidal field coils have reached ITER in the past year. The latest, TF3 from Europe, passed through the ITER gates on Friday 3 May.
Tritium Building: moving up
10 May 2021
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Work resumes

The energy-producing plasmas in ITER will be fuelled in equal measure by the hydrogen isotopes deuterium and tritium. Deuterium is a stable element that industry has produced routinely since the 1940s; tritium on the...
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3 May 2021
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Ensuring port plugs will work as planned

The stainless steel plugs sealing off each tokamak port opening are not only massive, they are also complex—carrying and protecting some of the precious payloads of the machine, including diagnostics and heating system...