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, India, and the technical teams at ITER headquarters are also contributing diagnostics.
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
Ainsley Hart - Interim Team Manager, Vacuum Auxiliary and Roughing Pumps Systems - US ITER
Tripp Fulmer - Manager, Port Integration - US ITER
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US Hardware
- Central Solenoid
- 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