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1 Oct 2018
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A runway for the cryostat

A section of runway-worthy tarmac has been completed at ITER. But no plane will ever land here.
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1 Oct 2018
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Ring magnet fabrication in full swing

At least as wide as a five-lane highway, ITER's largest ring-shaped magnets are too big to be transported in their finished state. The European Domestic Agency has purpose built a facility at ITER to house their...
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24 Sep 2018
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First 23 panels fit like clockwork

During fitting trials in Korea, 23 stainless steel panels have been successfully pre-assembled into the first sector of vacuum vessel thermal shield.
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24 Sep 2018
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Taming "ill-behaving" fusion plasmas

Certain types of magnetic distortions have proved beneficial in suppressing ELM-type instabilities at the edge of fusion plasmas—periodic bursts of energy that can lead to an accelerated erosion of the divertor and first...
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24 Sep 2018
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A chicken and egg situation

In the ideal world of 3D drawings, a component's dimensions are by definition nominal and parts fit together like cogs and gears in a pricey wristwatch. The real world—even the high-precision world of ITER—is different...
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24 Sep 2018
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The switch can now be flipped

For close to four weeks they tested all the signals, confronting the figures that appeared on their screens to in-field observations and measurements. Transmitted by the CODAC system, more than a thousand pieces of...
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24 Sep 2018
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The spirit of "Atoms for peace"

The General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency is among the largest and most diverse annual gatherings—more than 2,500 participants from 153 countries—focused on nuclear science and technology. Last...
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24 Sep 2018
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A 4.7-tonne calling card

The most popular photo backdrop at the 30th Symposium on Fusion Technology (SOFT) in Giardini Naxos, Italy, sat just outside the conference building—the full-size prototype of a divertor cassette body.
ITER to rely on bespoke  assembly tools
17 Sep 2018
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How to raise a sleeping giant

How will the teams on site raise components weighing up to 450 tonnes from their horizontal delivery configurations to the upright orientation needed for assembly? With a specially crafted "upending" tool that will...
A spectacular setting
17 Sep 2018
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Conference opens in antique setting

The ancient theatre of Taormina, in northeast Sicily, was built by the Romans on the foundations of an earlier Greek theatre. Still used to this day, the round structure normally resonates with the sound of opera or...
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17 Sep 2018
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"Everyone should be congratulated!"

For those who dreamed ITER in the 1990s, a visit to the construction site today is like stepping into a miracle. For Bob Iotti, who has been associated with the project since its early days and who later chaired both the...
First 100-metre copper tube completed
17 Sep 2018
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Conductor qualified for manufacturing

For magnet coils operating inside of the vacuum vessel, conventional insulation schemes are not an option. ITER will rely on mineral-insulated conductor technology for its ability to withstand large transient...
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17 Sep 2018
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The 400-page scenario

The ITER Organization has just made publically available the most recent version of the ITER Research Plan, a 400-page document that describes the present vision for operating the ITER Tokamak from First Plasma through...
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10 Sep 2018
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The crown unveiled

This picture of the tokamak's underlying support system , now almost finalized, is worth a thousand words. Seeing the 18 radial walls from above, it is easier to understand the parallel that has been drawn with the...
Sporting spirit
10 Sep 2018
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The winning combination

This year's ITER Games, held for the 8th consecutive year, offered 600 participants from the ITER community and neighbouring towns the opportunity to compete in a number of sports events, including tennis, kayaking...
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10 Sep 2018
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An iron fist - in reverse

Knowing that the large electromagnetic forces at work during machine operation would cause stress over time to ITER's largest magnet set, engineers devised a compression system to "push back." The resilience of the...
Underground junction
10 Sep 2018
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Inside the ITER catacombs

If you were to drive on the three kilometres of worksite roads cutting across the ITER platform you would have to be very attentive. These roads change their course frequently. The reason for these changes often lies...
3D mapping of final blocking points
10 Sep 2018
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Make way for the elephants!

Hannibal, crossing the Alps in the 3rd century BC, faced a critical problem: how would he get his elephants through the narrow mountain passes that opened to the plains of northern Italy he intended to march through?
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3 Sep 2018
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459th (and last) turn

More than 12 kilometres of niobium-titanium superconductor have been successfully wound into the nine double pancake windings for poloidal field coil #6 (PF6), the first of the ring magnets expected on site for assembly...
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3 Sep 2018
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A perfect challenge for the "ITER Makers"

ITER magnet feeders are 31 critical components that deliver electrical power and cryogenic fluid to the magnets and serve as conduits for instrumentation cables across the warm/cold barrier of the Tokamak. The first...