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22 Oct 2018
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A day in the life of

Seven hundred people took part in the ITER Organization's latest Open Doors Day event on Saturday 20 October.
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22 Oct 2018
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Have heatshield, will travel

Delivering components to the ITER site requires massive logistics ... most of the time. At others, an airline passenger's pocket suffices. Of course, it is a matter of size—the five "Langmuir probe" heat shield mockups...
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22 Oct 2018
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10th ITER International School in January

The ITER International School aims to prepare young scientists/engineers for work in the field of nuclear fusion and in research applications associated with the ITER Project. The 10th edition will be held from 21 to 25...
Refreshing important knowledge
22 Oct 2018
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Safety has no holiday

Don your helmet, put on safety goggles and gloves, step into your steel-capped work boots, and slip into a bright yellow vest—these are basic safety rules for anyone going onto the ITER worksite. But safety is so much...
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22 Oct 2018
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A new team of problem solvers

Integrating the many systems that make up the tokamak machine is a lot like delivering a clash-free layout for the engine room of a modern nuclear submarine, only on a much grander scale. Introducing the HIT team—a group...
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22 Oct 2018
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Large fusion conference opens in Gandhi's hometown

Mahatma Gandhi, whose mandir (a Hindi word for "temple" or "place of learning") is hosting the 27th edition of the International Atomic Energy Agency's Fusion Energy Conference, would have blessed this crowd. More than...
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15 Oct 2018
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Twin meets twin

Although they were born one full year apart, they are identical twins: when the second vacuum vessel sector sub-assembly tool (SSAT-2) is complete, nothing will distinguish it from its sibling.
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15 Oct 2018
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Working with industry on digital hydraulics

A contract signed with the European Domestic Agency is helping Finnish industry innovate in the domain of digital hydraulic valves. The result could interest ITER for use in its challenging remote maintenance environment...
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15 Oct 2018
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What is the plasma shape? Ask the flux loop

Inside the machine, the flux loop diagnostic will provide important information to operators on the boundary shape, energy and stability of the plasma.
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15 Oct 2018
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Communicators of all countries, unite!

ITER is a fascinating story to tell—how it began and how it developed, the challenges it has never ceased to face, the awe its infrastructure and components inspire, the way it pushes technology to the limits of what is...
Media day with Bernard Bigot
15 Oct 2018
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ITER, from the inside out

As concrete and steel structures rise on site and major strides are being made in the fabrication of machine components, interest in the project is growing worldwide. ITER is tangible; it is happening for real. Visitors...
Fun with marshmallows
15 Oct 2018
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My village in 2030

Can you imagine a village in 2030? The local " Fête de la Science " was the perfect place to do so this past weekend. Berre l'Etang, a village about 50 km from ITER, practiced the exercise by proposing to travel in time...
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14 Oct 2018
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CEA delivers ITER cryogenic instrumentation

The ITER Organization has relied on the French CEA institute and its expertise in cryogenics and large superconducting magnets for the specialized instrumentation needed to control and protect the ITER magnets during the...
ITER launches sponsorship policy
8 Oct 2018
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Now you can join the quest

Curiosity is a universal human trait. Scientific advancement is a globally shared endeavour. The race to harness fusion energy is also a global quest, and the success of the ITER Project stands to benefit future...
As seen from the crane
8 Oct 2018
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A view from the belfry

If ITER were a small town (and in a way it is), crane C5 would be the belfry—the spectacular vantage point from which to take it all in.
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8 Oct 2018
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"What you see is your achievement"

An unusually large number of visitors could be seen on the construction platform last week, identifiable by their yellow hardhats and vests. More than 120 staff of Fusion for Energy (F4E), the European Domestic Agency...
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8 Oct 2018
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"I can't think of a more meaningful project for the future of mankind"

During the year 2003 Claudie Haigneré, French minister of Research and New Technologies and a former astronaut¹, was a regular visitor to the Cadarache forest. There, near a mockup of the future ITER installation set up...
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1 Oct 2018
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200 million years ago at ITER

Back in the Mesozoic, some 66 to 250 million years ago, the ITER site lay at the bottom of a shallow sea that covered most of what is now Provence.
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1 Oct 2018
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Smallest crane gets a lift

Towering 50 metres above ground, "C1" is the shortest of the five tower cranes operating inside the Tokamak Complex. Standing at the very centre of the bioshield—almost exactly materializing the axis of the ITER machine...
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1 Oct 2018
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Navigating Europe's course

Since 2013, the European Roadmap to Fusion Energy has been the fundamental document guiding European priorities in fusion R&D until the ultimate goal—achieving electricity from fusion energy. On the occasion of the...