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A unique industrial object
7 Sep 2020
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First sector unveiled

Travelling in nondescript casing, like a mobile home designed by an uninspired architect, the first of nine sectors of the ITER vacuum vessel was delivered to ITER on 7 August. Five days later, as the housing was removed...
First vacuum vessel sector arrives in Marseille
29 Jul 2020
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A jewel in a box

Sailing under the flag of Germany, the Regine is a mighty ship, strengthened for heavy cargo and equipped on its portside with two 750-tonne on-board cranes. Having sailed from Korea on 25 June, the ship berthed at...
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29 Jul 2020
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Make your own tokamak with 3D printing!

It's not Lego, but it is definitely "hands-on." To offer a tangible device to illustrate the workings of magnetic confinement fusion in a tokamak, the ITER Organization has worked with the Hungarian Centre for Energy...
Virtual technical meeting
29 Jul 2020
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Experts in plasma disruptions gather online

On 20-23 July, 120 international experts participated in the 1st IAEA Technical Meeting on Plasma Disruptions and their Mitigation, jointly organized by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the ITER...
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29 Jul 2020
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Three, representing 10,000

Around the world, more than 10,000 people work together to make ITER a reality.
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29 Jul 2020
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World dignitaries celebrate a collaborative achievement

Due to the constraints imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic, the crowd in the ITER Assembly Hall was small. But thanks to live broadcasting and video feed, the audience was global.
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29 Jul 2020
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Europe's Fusion for Energy is building the ITER installation

Anyone driving to ITER can take full measure of the enormity of the project a few kilometers before reaching the destination. Gigantic cranes can be seen from a distance, rising from the 42-hectare construction platform...
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20 Jul 2020
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Nalinish Nagaich, Head of Corporate

For the past six decades, Nalinish Nagaich and the Indian nuclear power program have followed a parallel timeline: Nalinish, who was recently appointed Head of the ITER Corporate Domain, was born in 1959 when India...
Poloidal field coils in production
20 Jul 2020
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A fisheye view

Three poloidal field coils are now present in Europe's on-site winding facility.
Major event planned at ITER
20 Jul 2020
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President Macron to host virtual celebration

On Tuesday 28 July, French President Emmanuel Macron and government leaders from China, Europe, India, Japan, Korea, Russia and the United States will celebrate the start of assembly at ITER.
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20 Jul 2020
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The art and science of cleanliness in a fusion reactor

Just as a few dust particles in a semiconductor fabrication plant can limit manufacturing yield, dust and other impurities inside a tokamak can limit fusion output. The ITER vacuum team is instituting a range of...
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6 Jul 2020
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All 46 doors in place

In ITER, ordinary objects and features often take on an awesome dimension. Take the doors that seal off the port cells around the Tokamak for instance. Doors they are, with hinges that attach them to their frame. But...
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6 Jul 2020
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Two make a pair

One of the essential "building blocks" of the ITER tokamak is the pre-assembly of two toroidal field coils, one vacuum vessel sector and corresponding panels of thermal shielding. Combining these different components...
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6 Jul 2020
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Cryostat manufacturing comes to an end in India

With a flag-off ceremony on 30 June, India's L&T Heavy Engineering marked the end of an eight-year industrial adventure—the manufacturing of the ITER cryostat.
Thanking local partners
30 Jun 2020
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A celebration for ITER's "vital artery"

ITER is made possible through the work of thousands of scientists, engineers, workers of all trades and industries across the globe. It is also made possible by the commitment, present and past, of the local French...
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30 Jun 2020
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Travelling with a coil

From the salt marshes of the inland sea Étang-de-Berre to the rolling hills around the ITER site (with a view of some of the highest alpine summits) an ITER convoy travels the whole range of Provencal landscapes.
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30 Jun 2020
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Shiny steel and sharp edges

All shiny steel, sharp edges and perfectly machined penetrations and grooves, two toroidal field coils are being prepared for the pre-assembly process.
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30 Jun 2020
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On its way

A 440-tonne, 40-degree sector of the ITER vacuum vessel left Busan, Korea, on Sunday 28 June.
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23 Jun 2020
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Keun-Kyeong Kim, Head of Construction

In the small Korean village (25 houses!) where Keun-Kyeong Kim spent the first eight years of his life, there was no electricity— just batteries to power transistor radios. Maybe this is one of the reasons why "Ken," the...
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23 Jun 2020
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The heaviest load on the longest day

The sun is setting over the unique landscape of the inland sea Étang-de-Berre—a mix of industrial installations, barren cliffs and reed-covered marshes. From nearby Marseille airport, planes are taking off amidst the...