The United States is responsible for the research and development, design, and fabrication for 14% of ITER’s port-based diagnostic systems, including integration of four diagnostic port plugs, plus seven instrumentation systems out of a total of approximately 45 individual diagnostic systems. The European Union, Japan, the Russian Federation, China, Korea, and India are also contributing diagnostics to ITER.
ITER diagnostic systems provide measurements to aid understanding of plasma behavior and optimize fusion performance. Because of the harsh environment inside the tokamak vacuum vessel, these systems must cope with a range of conditions not previously encountered by diagnostic technology, all while performing with high reliability.
See also port integration.
For more information, contact:
Ravinder Bhatia - Manager, Diagnostics - US ITER Project Office
Dave Rasmussen - Manager, Fueling Systems and Diagnostic Residual Gas Analyzer - US ITER Project Office
[email protected] | 865-574-1158
Tripp Fulmer - Manager, Port Plugs - US ITER Project Office
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US Hardware
- Port Integration
- Vacuum Auxiliary and Roughing Pumps Systems
- Steady State Electrical Network
- Central Solenoid
- Toroidal Field Conductor
- Ion Cyclotron Heating Transmission Lines
- Instrumentation and Controls
- Pellet Injection (Fueling) System
- Tokamak Exhaust Processing System
- Electron Cyclotron Heating Transmission Lines
- Disruption Mitigation System
- Tokamak Cooling Water System