The use of 3D technology for assessing design maturity and performing assembly simulations is key to large construction projects such as ITER. After two years of relying on technology installed at the ...

The ITER Organization-Domestic Agency Safety and Quality Assurance Working Group (SQAWG) held its 13th meeting on 30-31 March in Cadarache. Bringing together representatives from the ITER Organization ...

When Jamy explains, children in France listen ... fascinated. For the past 20 years his program C'est pas sorcier ("It's not rocket science") on French public television Channel 3 has opened their ...

In the pre-2001 design, when ITER was to be nearly the size of Saint-Peter's Basilica in Rome, 16 cryopumps were to be accommodated at the divertor level of the vacuum vessel. Cryopumps have the ...

When astronaut Harrison Schmitt stepped onto the Moon, on 12 December 1972, oil was trading at $3.60 a barrel—$18.30 inflation-adjusted—and oversized cars happily guzzled gallon after gallon of ...

"In a hot cell environment, the simplest solution is always the best... " This was one of the recommendations made by nuclear operators in CEA-Marcoule to a delegation visiting from ITER. The ...

Counting the number of neutrons produced by fusion reactions inside a burning plasma gives a precise indication of how much fusion power is being generated. But how do you count neutrons? Previously, ...

What is simple and commonplace in the ordinary world, like connecting an electrical device to a power source, often takes on extraordinary dimension at ITER. Whereas in most daily-life circumstances ...

A yearly tradition in the ITER community for more than a decade now, the ITER Games offer a pleasant way to reconnect among colleagues and neighbours after the summer recess. On Saturday 14 September, ...

Of the nine sets of thermal shields that wrap the nine vacuum vessel sectors like a tight-fitting jacket, seven were sent for repairsto INOX-CVA in India. Two have returned, fully repaired, to ITER.

A group of fusion researchers has left Padua, Italy, for an 800-kilometre bike trip to the ITER site. Their goal? To share information about fusion energy research and career opportunities in the ...

The Centre de Recherches en Physique des Plasmas (CRPP) in Switzerland has studied fundamental plasma physics since 1961, with a particular focus on magnetic fusion since 1979. Part of the Ecole ...