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Zeta: pioneering fusion at Harwell
29 Jan 2018
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How the "Zeta fiasco" pulled fusion out of secrecy

In those days—the late 1950s—pinch machines ruled the world of fusion. Although tokamaks were already under development in the Soviet Union, it would be more than a decade before they became the dominant form of fusion...
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29 Jan 2018
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The many mirrored room

It's a strange place—a room that could easily accommodate a three-storey building, a star-studded firmament (except these stars are all square), and tall sheets of stainless steel installed on the lower walls. In a few...
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29 Jan 2018
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"The world community around fusion is expanding"

For the first time, the Fusion Power Coordinating Committee has convened outside of International Energy Agency (IEA) headquarters in Paris, gathering at ITER on 24 and 25 January. Since 1975, this IEA body has piloted...
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29 Jan 2018
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LIPAc accelerator to charge up

Ten thousand kilometres away, in Rokkasho, Japan, the countdown has begun for the start of beam operation for the Linear IFMIF Prototype Accelerator, LIPAc. Part of a series of forward-looking fusion energy development...
Tokamak cooling water system: manufacturing can begin
22 Jan 2018
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Final design achieved

To remove the heat from the components closest to the plasma, the tokamak cooling water system will rely on over 36 kilometres of nuclear-grade piping and fittings as well as a large number supports, valves, pumps, heat...
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22 Jan 2018
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Spot the differences

Let's play the "spot the differences" game between these two general views of the ITER site, one taken last Thursday 18 January, the other three months ago on 11 October.
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22 Jan 2018
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Where have all the neutrons gone?

It is not unusual in the course of a work day at the world's largest scientific experiment to rely on creativity to resolve the challenge at hand. But less common, is when an inventor's technique is rewarded for not only...
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22 Jan 2018
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Europe delivers first-of-a-kind equipment

Tullio Bonicelli, in charge of Europe's contributions to the ITER neutral beam heating system, calls them "beyond state-of-the-art components." The high voltage deck and bushing assembly for ITER's prototype neutral beam...
First vacuum vessel segment completed
15 Jan 2018
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First segment completed in Korea

The technically challenging fabrication of the ITER vacuum vessel is progressing in Korea, where Hyundai Heavy Industries has completed the first poloidal segment for sector #6. From manufacturing design and material...
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15 Jan 2018
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How do we know where we stand?

If ITER were an ordinary project, like the building of a bridge, the construction of a highway or even the launching of a satellite into space, it would be relatively easy to know its state of advancement. So much work...
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15 Jan 2018
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Thickest rebar and most intricate geometry

The combined mass of the ITER tokamak and its enveloping cryostat is equivalent to that of three Eiffel Towers. But not only is it heavy (23,000 tonnes) ... it is also "alive." In the course of operation the machine will...
A Japanese DEMO reactor concept
15 Jan 2018
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Japan revises its DEMO strategy

In light of recent progress on the construction of ITER and developments in domestic fusion research, the Science and Technology Committee on Fusion Energy—part of the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports...
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15 Jan 2018
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Campaign opens for the 6th generation

The ink has only just dried on the second Monaco-ITER Partnership Arrangement. Funded by the Principality of Monaco, the Arrangement allows the ITER Organization to continue for another ten years to host young scientists...
Crane load test at full capacity
8 Jan 2018
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Lifting and moving four Boeing 747s

It's almost midnight and everything is still on the ITER worksite. Everything? Not quite. In the Assembly Hall, a small group of people are craning their necks to carefully monitor the nearly imperceptible movements of a...
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8 Jan 2018
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Ground insulation completed on first module

The team at General Atomics in Poway, California (US), achieved an important milestone for the ITER central solenoid: completion of ground insulation for the first of seven production modules. The massive central...
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8 Jan 2018
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3D printing for small-size components

The European Domestic Agency is investigating the benefits of 3D printing for the fabrication of smaller size (up to metre-scale) metal components. The technique seems particularly well adapted to unconventionally shaped...
Successful fitting test for toroidal field case
8 Jan 2018
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Submillimetric tolerances achieved

In major news for the ITER superconducting magnet program, the first toroidal field coil case has passed all fitting tests. The two sides of the huge component—as tall as a four-storey building and machined from 20...
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8 Jan 2018
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Snowy planet

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18 Dec 2017
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A very significant year

In 2017, the ITER Organization celebrated its 10th anniversary and the project passed the halfway mark on the road to First Plasma. All the milestones set by the ITER Council were met and—as preparation for machine...
Progress toward First Plasma
11 Dec 2017
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Halfway to First Plasma

It's been a long road and we haven't reached our destination yet. But on its way to operation, ITER has just passed a significant milestone: according to the stringent metrics that measure project performance, 50 percent...