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As the first phase of ITER tokamak assembly begins, the US ITER diagnostics team is busy preparing the systems essential for first plasma.

After several years of design analysis, prototyping and strict attention to complex structural demands, the US ITER electron cyclotron heating line team completed a final design review of transmission lines for the microwave plasma heating system. The team is now preparing for initial fabrication contracts.  “Our thermal mechanical analysis at the system and component level […]

–Adriana Ghiozzi for US ITER First-of-a-kind experiments have begun at the KSTAR tokamak in Daejeon, South Korea, where two new shattered pellet injectors were installed in October and December. The tandem use of shattered pellet injectors installed at opposite sides of the machine is a first for the technology, which was developed and fabricated at […]

Lower key blocks for the central solenoid are now being delivered to the ITER site

Three drain tanks were the first  US-supplied components installed in the ITER tokamak complex this past weekend. Two more US-provided drain tanks will be installed later in the construction sequence. The drain tanks are part of the tokamak cooling water system, which will serve as the primary cooling system for the ITER machine. During operation, the […]

https://www.iter.org/newsline/-/2650 Source: ITER Newsline

https://www.iter.org/newsline/-/2605 Source: ITER Newsline

The cryogenic test facility at Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s Spallation Neutron Source (SNS) provided a unique environment for testing the performance of a 9 foot-tall tritium-compatible cryoviscous compressor pump prototype designed for the ITER tokamak.

Teams are developing tools to monitor and control ITER plasma ―Lynne Degitz  ITER, the world’s largest tokamak now under construction in France, will have over 60 diagnostic systems installed to enable plasma control, optimize plasma performance, and support machine protection¬. Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory and Oak Ridge National Laboratory, in collaboration with industry and universities, […]

―Lynne Degitz  With winding of the first production module for ITER’s central solenoid well underway, US ITER and its contractor, General Atomics, are now commissioning all of the necessary tooling stations for the 13 Tesla 1,000 metric ton electromagnet. Eleven unique stations will form the module manufacturing line at the GA Magnet Technologies Center, a […]