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Leadership award for ITER Director-General Bigot
11 Dec 2017
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Visits and an award in Washington

Keeping the governments and policy makers of the ITER Members informed on the project's progress and challenges is an essential part of the Director-General's mission.
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11 Dec 2017
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Big, round and red

It's big, round and red and represents the latest addition to the collection of cranes operating on the ITER construction site.
Final central solenoid conductor shipment departs Japan
11 Dec 2017
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Japan completes central solenoid conductor

The Japanese Domestic Agency has successfully completed the procurement of 43 kilometres (700 tonnes) of niobium-tin cable-in-conduit superconductor for ITER's central solenoid magnet.
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11 Dec 2017
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Powerful ion source delivered

On SPIDER, one of two testbeds at the ITER Neutral Beam Test Facility, the negative ion source for ITER's heating neutral beam system will be demonstrated at full project specifications. With the recent arrival of a...
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11 Dec 2017
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Santa's factory

It may be the thin layer of snow, or the warm lights piercing the night, or just the feeling of the season ... but this aerial view of the ITER site is strongly evocative of an industrial-size workshop for Santa Claus...
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4 Dec 2017
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A reinforced Sino-French collaboration

Interaction between French and Chinese fusion laboratories began in the early 1990s with a collaboration on the first Chinese superconducting tokamak HT-7.
Cooling tower zone under construction
4 Dec 2017
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Equipment keeps arriving

Work is underway in India to fabricate the components of ITER's heat rejection system, including cooling towers, vertical pumps, electrical equipment, piping, valves, filters, and instrumentation. In addition to batches...
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4 Dec 2017
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And now quark fusion?

Fusion as we know it involves two nuclei of light atoms. Nature provides a dozen possible combinations for fusion, but in the present state of our technological capabilities only the fusion of deuterium (D) and tritium...
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4 Dec 2017
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Assembling the puzzle

Five thousand tonnes of steel, dozens of "port" openings at three levels, interfaces with nearly every major system ... ITER's steel vacuum vessel is one of the largest-scale and most complex of the ITER "objects" to...
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4 Dec 2017
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ITER's impact on European economy and society

What are the economic, societal and scientific benefits for Europe stemming from its participation in ITER? And—looking ahead—what future impact can Europe expect from its role in this unique scientific project that aims...
Coconut ceremony marks new beginnings
27 Nov 2017
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And now tier two

Nothing gives a better sense of the size of the ITER machine than the ongoing works in the Cryostat Workshop.
First European winding pack shipment
27 Nov 2017
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Heading for the cold

The D-shaped inner core of a toroidal field coil, manufactured by the European consortium ASG, has left the fabrication facility in La Spezia, Italy. Carefully ensconced in a wooden transport frame, the 110-tonne...
A ceremony at ITER's Neutral Beam Test Facility
27 Nov 2017
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Japan completes deliveries

The Japanese Domestic Agency has delivered its final contribution to the ITER neutral beam test facility in Padua, Italy, where the high-energy ion source and injection system of ITER's most powerful heating system will...
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27 Nov 2017
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Production at halfway mark

At the Srednenevsky Shipbuilding Plant in Saint Petersburg, Russia, specialists from JSC "SNSP" and the Efremov Institute (NIIEFA) are winding the fifth double pancake of the future coil.
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27 Nov 2017
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The ballet of the Titans

The stage is ready, some of the props are already in place, and the show will soon begin. It will be a grand production served by an international cast of highly skilled performers. The central theme? Twin Titans, in the...
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27 Nov 2017
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ITER explained to its neighbours

Once a year, ITER and its neighbours meet in one of the town or neighbouring villages. The meeting is organized by the Commission locale d'information (CLI), an official citizen's watchdog group composed of...
Comparing boundary flows: DIII-D and ITER
20 Nov 2017
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A new platform with Australia

In September 2016, the signature of a Cooperation Agreement between the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO) and the ITER Organization paved the way for Australian participation in the ITER...
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20 Nov 2017
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Project metrics confirm performance

The governing body of the ITER Organization, the ITER Council, met for the twenty-first time on 15 and 16 November 2017 under the chairmanship of Won Namkung (Korea). Representatives from China, the European Union, India...
Tenth anniversary celebration of ITER
20 Nov 2017
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A prodigious adventure

ITER began its existence as an aspiration in the early 1980s, as actors in the fusion community called for the joint machine that would demonstrate the feasibility of fusion energy. It acquired tangible reality on 21...
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20 Nov 2017
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An impromptu visit

After addressing the UN Climate Change Conference on 15 November, French President Emmanuel Macron toured the colourful COP23 exhibition zone. It was towards the end of his visit that Macron accepted the invitation of...