Experts design software modules to operate ITER - Fusion for Energy

Algorithms will obtain parameters to control the plasma from magnetic diagnostics data.

Iter / Technicians Make Final Preparations For Lifting First Section Of Vacuum Vessel :: NucNet | The Independent Nuclear News Agency

Technicians at the €20bn International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (Iter) nuclear fusion project in the south of France are making final preparations to lift the first section of the vacuum vessel into the tokamak pit.<br> <br> Iter said...

Tungsten x-ray breakthrough advances fusion roadmap

On site | A quick visit to the Control Building

Work is progressing on the ITER Control Building, ergonomically designed for the 60 to 80 operators, engineers and researchers who will call it home. [...]

Diagnostics | Final Procurement Arrangement signed

ITER Diagnostics reached an important milestone in December 2021 when it concluded the last Procurement Arrangement of the diagnostics program.  After sig[...]

Image of the week | 13th toroidal field coil arrives from Europe

The toroidal field coil procurement effort has been one of the longest of the ITER program, initiated by Procurement Arrangements signed in 2007 and 2008. Manu[...]

Tokamak assembly | Preparing for the Big Lift

The distance was short but the challenge daunting: on Thursday last week, the first section of the plasma chamber was lifted 50 centimetres above its suppo[...]

Iter : voici les coulisses du chantier XXL du plus grand réacteur du monde

Le plus grand réacteur du monde est patiemment assemblé dans les Bouches-du-Rhône. Son objectif : reproduire l’énergie qui alimente...

[VIDEO] Le projet Iter de fusion nucléaire s'assemble brique par brique

Point d'étape sur le projet colossal de fusion nucléaire dans le sud de la France. Visite en images dans les coulisses d'un chantier hors norme qui permettra, peut-être, de révolutionner l'industrie du nucléaire dans le monde.

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Image of the week | First European coil in tooling

The D-shaped coil that is presently attached to the right wing of sub-assembly tool #1 (SSAT-1) was the first to be delivered to ITER in April 2020. Manufactur[...]

Central solenoid | All one needs to begin stacking

A beginner's Erector Set? Elements for an innovative board game? Not quite: these three circular structures and the tools and accessories scattered about a[...]

Machine assembly | Stay tuned for a remarkable lift

Inside the ITER assembly theatre, a major lift event is imminent. This 3D animation takes us through the steps that will be necessary to transport the first 1,[...]

Liquid nitrogen | Fill it up, please!

A white, vapour-like plume escapes from a valve on top of the cryoplant's liquid nitrogen storage tank. Like the smoke coming out of a cardinals' conclave, it [...]

Video | Travel with us to ... and through ... ITER

The latest drone video from the ITER Organization takes you deep inside the work underway in Saint-Paul-lez-Durance to build the world's largest tokamak. [...]

Further delays at ITER are certain, but their duration isn’t clear

A halt to construction, pandemic-caused delays in deliveries, labor strife, and concerns about potential beryllium exposure are among recent challenges to the fusion project.

Transition énergétique : la fusion nucléaire, une (vraie) solution pour l'avenir ?

Son utilisation à grande échelle est loin d'être à l'ordre du jour.