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25 Feb 2019
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Impurities in the line of sight

Dutch research institutes TNO and DIFFER will be joining with Active Space Technologies (Europe) and Chromodynamics (Netherlands) to develop a diagnostic tool capable of measuring the impurity content of the plasma...
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18 Feb 2019
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2,000 km through canals, locks and tunnels

When the thruway is closed, one takes the back roads. And when it's low-water season on the Rhine-Rhône canal, a barge leaving Switzerland for the Mediterranean has no other choice than to head north, then west, until...
A hand in shaping ITER
18 Feb 2019
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A hand in shaping ITER

For the sixth time, ITER is welcoming a group of five young researchers as part of the Monaco-ITER postdoctoral fellowship scheme. Working alongside experienced scientists and engineers at ITER, the Monaco Fellows will...
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18 Feb 2019
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Drone survey on a perfect day

There are days in winter when the skies over Provence are perfectly transparent. Snowy peaks 200 kilometres away appear close enough to be touched and farms, country roads and villages are all revealed in sharp detail.
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18 Feb 2019
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ITER on the world science stage

With more than 120,000 members globally, the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) is billed as the world's largest scientific society. The theme of this year's Annual Meeting, "Science Transcending...
Three types of heating
18 Feb 2019
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A pinch of moondust in the ITER plasma

One day in the distant future, fusion plants might be fuelled by helium 3—an isotope that is extremely scarce on Earth but reputed to be abundant on the Moon. But long before the advent of helium 3 fusion¹ (if ever it is...
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28 Jan 2019
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Trial by fire

The first full-scale industrial prototype of a divertor inner vertical target has successfully passed through a rigorous campaign of thermal testing.
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28 Jan 2019
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Step right up onto the platform

In order to accommodate the dozens of teams that will be involved with assembly tasks on the inside of the vacuum chamber, the ITER Organization has designed a modular staging kit that can be installed—and easily...
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28 Jan 2019
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Bernard Bigot accepts a second term

In a unanimous decision, the ITER Council has voted to reappoint Dr Bernard Bigot to a second five-year term as Director-General of the ITER Organization. The Council decision centred on two factors: the strong...
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28 Jan 2019
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Independance Day

For over 10 years, power has been supplied to ITER by the neighbouring CEA research facility. Since Saturday, however, the entire ITER site is independently powered from an electrical substation that draws power directly...
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28 Jan 2019
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A long journey for the last cold box

Procured by India and manufactured by Linde Kryotechnik AG near Zürich, Switzerland, the last of the cold boxes needed for the ITER cryoplant has begun its long journey to the ITER site.
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21 Jan 2019
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Fusion attracts strong political support

A recent symposium in Japan on fusion energy attracted 500 participants.
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21 Jan 2019
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"Steampunk" fusion machine travels in time

Ever since a "Mr Fusion" device appeared on Doc's time-travelling DeLorean in the first opus of the Back to the Future trilogy (1985), fusion energy has exerted a fascination on the film industry. Countless productions...
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21 Jan 2019
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Honouring the crown mockup

Medieval stone masons used to engrave their personal mark on the walls and pillars of the cathedrals they contributed to building. Their present-day counterparts, the builders of ITER, did something equivalent last week...
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21 Jan 2019
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Right in the line of the beam

A high-precision diagnostic is about to enter into service at the ITER Neutral Beam Test Facility, where scientists are testing key aspects of ITER's external heating powerhouse—neutral beam injection.
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21 Jan 2019
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The VIP door

Cryoline fabrication at INOXCVA, India
21 Jan 2019
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Not just any pipes

In order to produce and sustain plasmas ten times hotter than the core of the Sun, some essential elements of the ITER machine need to be cooled to temperatures only encountered in the void of outer space...
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14 Jan 2019
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Ready to exert serious pressure

The tool is ready; the first prototypes are on their way. Soon, a specialized test bench at CNIM (France) will enter into service to verify the resistance of the large composite rings that are designed to "push back"...
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14 Jan 2019
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A partner in identifying solutions

ITER's new internal auditor Friedrich Lincke goes where his expertise is needed to make a difference. Armed with valuable experience from many years of service in large national and international settings, he wants to be...
Assembling a huge tool
14 Jan 2019
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A 12-tonne beam, a crane and a little push

There is nothing remarkable about lifting a 12-tonne beam. Except when it happens in the spectacular setting of the ITER Assembly Hall, and the beam needs to be fitted with extreme precision into a structure as...