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ITER Council convenes for two-day session
20 Jun 2019
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En route to First Plasma, 63% of the work is done

The ITER Council has met for the twenty-fourth time since the signature of the ITER Agreement. Representatives from China, the European Union, India, Japan, Korea, Russia and the United States reviewed project status...
Ready for welding
17 Jun 2019
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A very international effort

The 18 upper ports of the ITER vacuum vessel are procured by Russia, manufactured in Germany, and mounted (in part) on the vessel sectors by contractors in Italy and Korea. Another example of how ITER would not be taking...
Contemporary art?
17 Jun 2019
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One level done, five to go

The job is done and the effect is spectacular. At the deepest basement level (B2) of the Tokamak Building, the floors, walls, and ceilings are now perfectly white.
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17 Jun 2019
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Through the eyes of a crane operator

Sitting in his cabin 80 metres above the ground, Alex Dumonteil enjoys a most spectacular view. To the north, on a clear day, he can see as far as the Alpine ridge covered in eternal snow; to the south he has a clear...
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17 Jun 2019
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The home stretch

In Hefei, China, a 400-tonne ring magnet procured by the European Domestic Agency is entering the final phase of production—resin impregnation. In just over one month, the component will be ready for packing and shipment...
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17 Jun 2019
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SPIDER gets a beam for its first birthday

Just one year ago, on 11 June 2018, the world's largest negative ion source was inaugurated at the ITER Neutral Beam Test Facility with the ignition of a brief plasma in the ion source. In the twelve months of...
Cafeteria break for ITER workers
10 Jun 2019
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A frontier town at the frontier of science

Like a frontier town of the American West, the ITER site grew from nothing to a thriving community of several thousand people in less than one decade. The original settlers waited almost five years to see the first...
Global EPICS collaboration at ITER
10 Jun 2019
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An arena for cooperation

Like the system of nerves in the human body, ITER's control system will connect the ITER "brain" (control room systems) to its eyes and ears (sensors and diagnostic systems) and its muscles and intestines (magnets and...
Fun at ITER Robots
27 May 2019
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49 teams from 29 schools

Upon entering the gymnasium at the Lycée des Iscles, you can feel the energy. Seven hundred students, pulsating music, sounds of triumph (and disappointment). There is no doubt—ITER Robots are back in town.
EIPACA marks ten years in Manosque
27 May 2019
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A French school with an ITER flavour

The men and women who are building ITER come from all over the world, often with school-age children. They rightfully expect to be provided an adapted educational structure, one that would provide the benefits of an...
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27 May 2019
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Comfy cocoon

The protective cocoon that encases the cryostat's lower cylinder briefly acquired some curves, last week, as air was pumped into it to test for potential leaks.
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27 May 2019
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New building, two purposes

Excavation has started for a concrete building designed for the distinct storage and handling requirements of ITER's beryllium components—in particular, the first-wall panels of the ITER blanket. But as these components...
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27 May 2019
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All equipment installed

Standing alongside the Assembly Hall, the Site Services Building is not the most spectacular edifice on the ITER platform. It is however one of the most strategic, as it hosts the equipment that distributes a large...
Open Doors Day
20 May 2019
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An intense and unforgettable experience

Saturday was Jacques's birthday. At age 90, the long-retired engineer from Aix-en-Provence had only one item on his wish list: to visit ITER for a third time and "see the progress of the Tokamak." Jacques was lucky: his...
Magnet power conversion: buildings underway
20 May 2019
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A potent illustration of the "One ITER" spirit

Europe made the buildings; the piping came from India; China and Korea provided the transformers; Russia manufactured the massive "busbar" network. The ITER Organization, along with the Korean Domestic Agency for its own...
DIII-D upgrade supports advanced fusion research
20 May 2019
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Upgrade completed on DIII-D tokamak

The DIII-D National Fusion Program (US) has completed a series of important enhancements to its fusion facility, providing researchers with several first-of-a-kind tools for controlling and understanding fusion plasmas.
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20 May 2019
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Ensuring leak test sensitivity

A helium leak test is one of several factory acceptance tests planned for the sectors of the ITER vacuum vessel before they are shipped to ITER. In a vacuum laboratory in the basement of ITER Headquarters, work is...
Fusion physics for every reader
13 May 2019
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The Future of Fusion Energy

To write about fusion is to walk a fine line between the temptation of lyricism and the arid demands of scientific accuracy. Whereas the general media tends to succumb to the first, fusion specialists rarely dare to...
Thermal shield sector #6 ready for shipment
13 May 2019
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The shine of silver

All ITER components are precious. But some look more precious than others.
Available: a decade of ITER school lectures
13 May 2019
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Ten years of lectures now available

The lectures from ten ITER International Schools held since 2007 have been collected and are now available through a dedicated webpage on the ITER website.