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Transfer of buildings to ITER
1 Apr 2019
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Three more buildings ready for equipment installation

The European Domestic Agency Fusion for Energy has handed over three more buildings to the ITER Organization.
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1 Apr 2019
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ITER and industry speak a common language

There is more to the French Riviera than sunny beaches, skimpy bathing suits, oversized yachts, and a world-class film festival. The stretch of coastline that extends from Saint Tropez to the Italian border also stands...
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18 Mar 2019
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How ELISE is contributing to ITER

ITER's neutral beam injection system is based on a radio frequency source that has been the subject of decades of development in Europe. At Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics (IPP) in Garching, Germany, an upgrade...
Concrete + steel
18 Mar 2019
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Almost there

The Tokamak Building has reached its maximum height ... in terms of concrete that is. The "jewel box" in reinforced concrete will grow no more; instead, it will be brought to the level of the adjacent Assembly Hall by...
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18 Mar 2019
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A mockup to demonstrate safety

During ITER operation, high-powered lasers will gather important diagnostic information on the properties and behaviour of the plasma, such as density, temperature and internal magnetic field. An integrated safety system...
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18 Mar 2019
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Lower cylinder revealed

They were all there: those who designed it, those who forged it, those who assembled and welded it, and those who closely monitored the requirements and procedures connected with a "safety important" component. Two years...
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18 Mar 2019
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What it could be like

It looks like ITER, feels like ITER, but it's not ITER. In this depiction of what the site layout for the next-step fusion machine, DEMO, might look like in Europe, the familiar elements are all in place. But there is...
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11 Mar 2019
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Four years from prototypes to series

Hell is a balmy place when compared to the environment of a divertor cassette body. In the vicinity of this ITER component, heat loads will be comparable to those at the surface of the Sun, and radiation will be almost...
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11 Mar 2019
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Lots happening

Activity is underway in all areas of Europe's 257-metre-long winding facility, as the elements of poloidal field coil #5 (PF5) are advancing through the impregnation and stacking phases, and the winding tables have begun...
Clamping plates for PF6 coil
11 Mar 2019
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A clamp with added cooling

The nine clamps around ITER's bottom-most poloidal field coil (PF#6) will be equipped with integrated cooling to remove the heat deposited in the poloidal field supports before it is conducted to the coil. Meticulous...
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11 Mar 2019
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Ten successful years

The recent anniversary celebration to mark the start of operations at the Korean tokamak KSTAR was the occasion to review ten years of science in the service of fusion energy.
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4 Mar 2019
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The world is watching

Thousands of people from all over the world are monitoring the progress of ITER construction via live stream camera. Fixed to the highest point of the Assembly Building, the camera provides a perfect vantage point for...
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4 Mar 2019
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Our own Stonehenge

It's done. In the Cryostat Workshop on site, Indian contractors have completed the first of four cryostat sections—the 375-tonne lower cylinder . In a few days, when all the scaffolding and protective material have been...
4 Mar 2019
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Elements of support cage arriving

ITER's six-storey-tall central magnet will require a robust support structure to make sure that it remains secure and aligned in the face of the huge forces at play in the ITER machine. The very first element of the...
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4 Mar 2019
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Don't get mixed up!

In case of a sudden loss of superconductivity in the ITER magnets (a "quench") the helium that circulates in the coils will be almost instantly discharged into dedicated double-wall quench tanks.
First HTS current leads in China
4 Mar 2019
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China launches series production

Because they reduce the input power requirement for plant operation, high-temperature superconducting (HTS) current leads are one of the enabling technologies (together with superconducting magnets) for large-scale...
Exploring vacuum with marshmallows
25 Feb 2019
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Putting stars in the eyes of every visitor

Whether you are a physicist or an engineer, a journalist or a businessperson, a student or a tourist ... the ITER Communication visits team can plan a visit for you.
In-pipe inspection tool in action
25 Feb 2019
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A whole suite of tools and technologies

The Greek philosopher Aristotle (384-322 BC) knew nothing about tokamaks. But when he stated in his famous aphorism that "Nature abhors a vacuum,"¹ he anticipated one of the problems that tokamak designers would face 25...
A pristine jewel box
25 Feb 2019
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Paint it white

Room by room, level by level, the raw concrete of the Tokamak Complex is being covered with coats of smooth, shiny white paint. The figures are mind-boggling: in the lowest level of the Tokamak Building (B2) where the...
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25 Feb 2019
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A focus on tokamak heat exhaust

The 2019 ITER International School has concluded successfully in Korea, after five days of discussion on the challenge of exhausting heat from tokamaks.