Central solenoid final module in place
Read ArticleThe United States is a partner nation in ITER, an unprecedented international collaboration of scientists and engineers working to design, construct, and assemble a burning plasma experiment that can demonstrate the scientific and technological feasibility of fusion. ITER’s other partners are the People’s Republic of China, the European Union (host), India, Japan, the Republic of Korea, and the Russian Federation.
Mission: Produce a self-sustaining burning plasma
US ITER is a DOE Office of Science project managed by Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee. Partner labs are Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory and Savannah River National Laboratory. Involvement in ITER provides significant benefits to the United States for a limited investment (~9% of construction costs): The nation has access to all ITER technology and scientific data, the right to propose and conduct experiments, and the opportunity for U.S. industry, universities, and laboratories to design and construct parts. The United States contributes hardware, personnel, and cash contributions for its share of common expenses such as personnel infrastructure, assembly, and installation.
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US Hardware
- Central Solenoid
- Diagnostics
- Disruption Mitigation System
- Electron Cyclotron Heating Transmission Lines
- Instrumentation and Controls
- Ion Cyclotron Transmission Lines
- Pellet Injection (Fueling) System
- Port Integration
- Steady State Electrical Network
- Tokamak Cooling Water System
- Tokamak Exhaust Processing System
- Toroidal Field Coil Conductor
- Vacuum Auxiliary and Roughing Pumps Systems