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Magnet systems: toroidal field conductor.
The U.S. is providing 8 percent of ITER’s toroidal field magnets, for a total of over 4 miles of conductor, and will complete its conductor deliveries by 2016. Five other ITER partners— China, the European Union, Japan, Korea and Russia—are also contributing toroidal field conductor. The toroidal field coils will produce a powerful magnetic field of up to 11.8 tesla around the ITER tokamak torus to confine the plasma particles.
The January toroidal field conductor delivery to the European Union winding facility in La Spezia, Italy, was the first U.S. shipment of “active production” conductor which will be installed in the ITER machine. Earlier U.S. deliveries of toroidal field coil magnets were used to verify the manufacturing and winding process. The production conductor will be wound into coils and inserted into a D-shaped winding pack before installation. Image credit: US ITER -
Tokamak cooling water system: drain tanks.
A 61,000 gallon, 73.5 metric ton drain tank undergoes final testing at Joseph Oat Corporation in Camden, N.J. Two drain tanks have completed fabrication and been delivered to the ITER site. Three more tanks will be delivered this year. The tanks provide storage for ITER’s tokamak cooling water system. Image credit: US ITER -
Central solenoid: magnet modules
Fabrication of the first superconducting magnet module for the central solenoid has begun at General Atomics’ Magnet Technologies Center in Poway, Calif. The central solenoid is the heartbeat of ITER: The 1,000 metric ton magnet induces the majority of magnetic flux charge needed to initiate and maintain plasma current. Image credit: General Atomics -
Site power: substation transformer.
The main body of an 87 ton high-voltage substation transformer is off-loaded at Fos-sur-Mer, France, the industrial port of Marseille. Three more transformers have since been delivered to the ITER site. The equipment is necessary to power up the steady-state electrical network by October 2015. Image credit: ITER Organization
The ITER site in mid-April 2015. The dark circle near the middle of the photograph is the tokamak pit of the tokamak building. Behind it are pillars for the assembly building. Image credit: ITER Organization -
The ITER site in mid-April 2015. The dark circle near the middle of the photograph is the tokamak pit of the tokamak building. Behind it are pillars for the assembly building. Image credit: ITER Organization
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Magnet systems: toroidal field conductor.
The U.S. is providing 8 percent of ITER’s toroidal field magnets, for a total of over 4 miles of conductor, and will complete its conductor deliveries by 2016. Five other ITER partners— China, the European Union, Japan, Korea and Russia—are also contributing toroidal field conductor. The toroidal field coils will produce a powerful magnetic field of up to 11.8 tesla around the ITER tokamak torus to confine the plasma particles.
The January toroidal field conductor delivery to the European Union winding facility in La Spezia, Italy, was the first U.S. shipment of “active production” conductor which will be installed in the ITER machine. Earlier U.S. deliveries of toroidal field coil magnets were used to verify the manufacturing and winding process. The production conductor will be wound into coils and inserted into a D-shaped winding pack before installation. Image credit: US ITER -
Tokamak cooling water system: drain tanks.
A 61,000 gallon, 73.5 metric ton drain tank undergoes final testing at Joseph Oat Corporation in Camden, N.J. Two drain tanks have completed fabrication and been delivered to the ITER site. Three more tanks will be delivered this year. The tanks provide storage for ITER’s tokamak cooling water system. Image credit: US ITER -
Central solenoid: magnet modules
Fabrication of the first superconducting magnet module for the central solenoid has begun at General Atomics’ Magnet Technologies Center in Poway, Calif. The central solenoid is the heartbeat of ITER: The 1,000 metric ton magnet induces the majority of magnetic flux charge needed to initiate and maintain plasma current. Image credit: General Atomics -
Site power: substation transformer.
The main body of an 87 ton high-voltage substation transformer is off-loaded at Fos-sur-Mer, France, the industrial port of Marseille. Three more transformers have since been delivered to the ITER site. The equipment is necessary to power up the steady-state electrical network by October 2015. Image credit: ITER Organization
The ITER site in mid-April 2015. The dark circle near the middle of the photograph is the tokamak pit of the tokamak building. Behind it are pillars for the assembly building. Image credit: ITER Organization -
The ITER site in mid-April 2015. The dark circle near the middle of the photograph is the tokamak pit of the tokamak building. Behind it are pillars for the assembly building. Image credit: ITER Organization
The United States is a major participant in the ITER fusion reactor, an experimental reactor intended to demonstrate that the process that powers stars can also produce clean energy on Earth. The U.S. contribution to this international collaboration is coordinated by DOE’s Office of Science and headquartered at ORNL.
As part of its participation, US ITER is producing and delivering some unique and massive components for the reactor (see above).
