Bernard Bigot, Directeur général d’Iter Organization, s’est éteint

Directeur général d’Iter Organization, Bernard Bigot s’est éteint à l’âge de 72 ans. Chercheur, enseignant, haut-fonctionnaire, il avait été Chantier

Remembering Bernard Bigot, ITER Director-General 2015-2022

On the ITER site, the machinery of construction was humming just like on any weekday. Workers were concentrating on their tasks, laying rebar for new buildings[...]

Tonči Tadić o projektu ITER, komadiću Sunca na Zemlji

 U sklopu međunarodnog projekta ITER, do 2026. godine u južnoj Francuskoj trebalo bi biti završeno postrojenje za fuziju energije, a u projekt je uključeno i nekoliko htvatskih tvtki, najavio je fizičar Tonči Tadić. On će u sklopu Festivala...

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.

ITER Events

The ITER Organization plans several outreach events every year. Click on the links below for more information on upcoming events.

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,[...]