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20 Nov 2017
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How to install a compressor

In order to properly install a helium compressor skid on its concrete pad, you need to start with a large push broom to sweep away the dust that inevitably accumulates on the pad's surface.
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20 Nov 2017
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Six rings to counter the force

Work on the pre-compression rings of the ITER magnet system is progressing in Europe, where work on a full-scale prototype is underway. These technically challenging components—made of composite materials—are designed to...
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13 Nov 2017
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Placing ITER on the global scene

On the western bank of the Rhine and not far from the seat of the UN Climate Change Secretariat, world leaders are discussing how to push ahead for international joint action to tackle climate change and implement the...
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13 Nov 2017
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Seeing is believing

On 4 November, ITER received Yoshimasa Hayashi, the Japanese Minister of MEXT—the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology with oversight responsibility for Japan's participation in the ITER Project...
ENGAGE: architect-engineer consortium for ITER
13 Nov 2017
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ENGAGE receives prestigious award

Since 2006, the French "Grand Prix de l'Ingénierie" has recognized engineering projects and/or teams that are remarkable in terms of scope, innovation, complexity, and in their susceptibility to redesign the future.
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13 Nov 2017
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One foot inside

The twin Korean giants already have a foot inside the Assembly Hall—literally.
Toward Earth's first burning plasma
30 Oct 2017
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The Tao of Q

Both the mission and physics of ITER can be reduced to a single letter: Q. To understand the Q of ITER is to understand its most essential operating parameter as well as the raison d'être of the ITER Project.
Feeder team
30 Oct 2017
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First superconducting component ready for tests

From the outside, it's just another big, shiny stainless-steel pipe bent at a 90° angle. But take off the shipping caps at one end or the other, have a peek inside, and you will see a technological marvel.
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30 Oct 2017
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Defending ITER's cyberspace

Cybercrime is not just the domain of thriller authors who have exploited the theme since the dawn of the computer age. In today's interconnected world threats from cyberspace are a daily occurrence and everyone...
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30 Oct 2017
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Birth of an organization

In the fall of 2007, clearing and early levelling works—a contribution from the host state, France—were underway on the ITER platform, a design review for the machine had just been completed, and an international team of...
Engaging visitors at the ITER booth
30 Oct 2017
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ITER meets world science journalists

In an age of information overload, effective communication—reaching new audiences with persuasive, inspiring messages—is an ever-increasing challenge. Communicating on complex science topics has in some ways become...
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30 Oct 2017
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Last cryogenic tanks from Europe

Eleven storage tanks have been delivered by the European Domestic Agency in the past year for the ITER cryoplant, including two this past week.
Port stub extensions
23 Oct 2017
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Windows with tailored appendages

Each of the vacuum vessel's 44 openings will have custom-made "extensions" to create the junction to the cryostat. The first link in the two-part chain—the port stub extension—will be welded to the vacuum vessel sectors...
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23 Oct 2017
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Hooked!

Big, powerful cranes need big, powerful hooks.
Managing complexity, slice by slice
23 Oct 2017
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The elephant must be sliced

Any way you cut it, ITER is fantastically complex. Whether you're counting components or the lines in the machine assembly schedule, or taking a closer look at the project's vast procurement sharing scheme ... complexity...
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23 Oct 2017
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Front-row experience

Craning their necks to take in the full size of what will be the ITER Tokamak, the crowd reacted spontaneously: "This is much bigger than I thought." "Really impressive!""I've never seen anything like it!" For the 11th...
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23 Oct 2017
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Aiming for "zero fail"

If something goes wrong in your electrical installation at home you might lose the contents of your freezer—an aggravating occurrence but not a disastrous one.
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16 Oct 2017
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Interior design

Fresh from the offices of the Design & Construction Integration Division, this cutaway drawing peels back the walls to reveal the interior layout of the Tokamak Complex.
Bernard Bigot visits Heliotron J in Japan
16 Oct 2017
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A visit to Kyoto's heliotron

At the Institute of Advanced Energy, Kyoto University, researchers have been exploring the heliotron concept of magnetic fusion device for more than half a century. Closer to the stellarator than the tokamak, the...
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16 Oct 2017
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The lights of autumn

Summer is over in Provence and the beautiful autumn light is back, revealing every detail of the landscape ... and of the ongoing works on the ITER construction site.