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Poloidal field coil #6 ready for shipment
23 Sep 2019
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A celebration for the first ring coil

A 400-tonne ITER magnet—poloidal field coil #6—has been completed in China through the collaboration of the European Domestic Agency (Fusion for Energy) and contractor ASIPP. The coil will reach ITER in December.
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23 Sep 2019
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Inside the cold factory

Pipes and tanks of all sizes and colours, valves, compressors, truck-size electrical motors, zeppelin-like gas bags, puzzling contraptions evocative of sea monsters ... the ITER cryoplant is a world of industrial...
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23 Sep 2019
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Sharing ITER with 1,000 visitors

Rain notwithstanding, the 15th edition of the ITER Open Doors Day was a success, with close to one thousand people attending. Fifty volunteer guides from the ITER Organization, the European Domestic Agency, and all of...
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23 Sep 2019
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Moving 10 tonnes of water per second

If ITER were a fusion power plant, the amount of heat produced by the machine would be partly absorbed by the steam generators and turbines that initiate the electricity-generating process. But ITER is neither a fusion...
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23 Sep 2019
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Now in Provençal

Four generations ago, at the turn of the 20th century, regional languages were still very much alive in rural France. Breton was widely spoken in the Brittany peninsula, Basqu e in the southwestern Basque country, and...
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16 Sep 2019
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First pillars for the crane hall

For the overhead cranes to deliver machine components into the Tokamak assembly pit, the rails that carry them need to be extended some 80 metres beyond the temporary wall of the Assembly Hall. The extension, part of a...
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16 Sep 2019
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300 tonnes of equipment on its way to ITER

A specially designed assembly tool and elements of the cryostat and vacuum vessel thermal shields are part of the shipments travelling now from Korea to ITER.
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16 Sep 2019
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A new tokamak in town

After EAST in China and WEST in France, another of the cardinal points of the compass has been chosen to name a tokamak. Introducing NORTH—the NORdic Tokamak device that is enriching the physics and engineering programs...
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16 Sep 2019
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Bringing the ITER Business Forum to Washington

Every second year, a two-day ITER Business Forum is held to invite existing and potential suppliers for the ITER Project—laboratories, universities, and companies large and small—to learn about upcoming opportunities to...
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16 Sep 2019
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Fusion "at a time of transition"

In the United Arab Emirates, Abu Dhabi is often referred to as a tourism hotspot that combines luxury and ancient traditions. In September, Abu Dhabi was in the spotlight for another reason: the city hosted the 24th...
Kayaking on the Verdon River
16 Sep 2019
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ITER games, 9th edition

Meeting new people, competing for fun and getting to know about the many sports associations active in the ITER vicinity—this is what the ITER games have been about for the past eight years.
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16 Sep 2019
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Last phase for Korean sector #6

On 7 September, contractors from Hyundai Heavy Industries in Ulsan, South Korea, initiated the final fabrication activities for vacuum vessel sector #6: the assembly of four completed segments into the final D-shaped...
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9 Sep 2019
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What will the blanket teach us?

We often hear about the scientific ideas ITER is designed to confirm, but the project also has an important role as a technology demonstrator. The blanket is a perfect example: its design, fabrication and operation will...
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9 Sep 2019
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A new chapter opens

Notice anything? Yes, the giant poster (25 x 50 m) on the temporary wall of the Assembly Hall has been removed. Displaying a cutaway of the ITER Tokamak, it had been installed in June 2016 and, for more than three years...
In-cryostat feeders begin journey to ITER
9 Sep 2019
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On the thruway from Hefei to Shanghai

Over the next four years, China will be shipping approximately 100 large components for the magnet feeder system, adding up to 1,600 tonnes of equipment in all. Two "Highly Exceptional Loads" left Shanghai in early...
Prime Minister Modi speaks of fusion
9 Sep 2019
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Modi praises ITER at UNESCO

In August, while on official visit to France at the invitation of President Emmanuel Macron, Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India shared his vision of cooperation in the field of energy on several occasions. At the...
Marking a world-record achievement together
9 Sep 2019
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Record-breaking sealing performance

The ITER vacuum vessel, its ports and port extensions, and port plugs all provide the vacuum boundary and first safety confinement barrier of the ITER machine. In this context, the leak tightness of the large metallic...
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29 Jul 2019
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A cabin in the sky

There are times, at dusk, when the ITER construction platform resembles an airport, with roads and buildings illuminated by yellow and white lights. From their cabins 50 to 80 metres overhead, the crane operators are...
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29 Jul 2019
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A new agreement for a new era

The ITER Organization and the Italian consortium Consorzio RFX* have signed a new agreement governing the construction and operation of the ITER Neutral Beam Test Facility. Ratified in a small ceremony on 25 July, the...
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29 Jul 2019
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A colossal task made manageable

For the execution of work during the next project phase—machine and plant assembly up to First Plasma—the ITER Organization has chosen a contractual approach that emphasizes manageably sized work packages with strong...