US ITER is a DOE Office of Science project managed by Oak Ridge National Laboratory
The spare central solenoid module arrived safely at the ITER site in mid-January after a weeks-long journey by boat and truck from the United States. “It’s very satisfying to see the transport executed so smoothly,” said Jeff Parrott, logistics and transportation coordinator for US ITER. “There will be other large components we deliver but none […]
The fifth module has been placed on the central solenoid magnet stack in the ITER Assembly Hall. See a video of the delicate operation of moving and positioning the 121-ton module into place. The sixth and final module, delivered to ITER in September, is scheduled to be moved into place at the top of the […]
The United States has delivered the sixth and final module needed to complete the central solenoid magnet of the ITER tokamak. The event marks the culmination of more than a decade of engineering design and fabrication of a first-of-its-kind pulsed superconducting magnet that will sit at the center of the ITER tokamak. “This is another […]
After a month’s long journey from the port of Houston, Texas, the fifth central solenoid module has reached the ITER site in southern France. Meanwhile, the sixth and final module needed to complete the central solenoid stack at ITER is now en route after successfully completing testing in the United States. Read the article.
After being transported by land to the port of Houston, Texas, the fifth central solenoid module has been loaded onboard an oceangoing vessel for transport to France. Manufactured by General Atomics in Poway, California, on behalf of US ITER, the module is expected to arrive at the ITER site later this month. The sixth and […]
US ITER and supplier General Atomics have finished testing the sixth and final module required for the 60-foot-tall superconducting magnet at the heart of ITER. Each cylindrical module is wound from ~3.5 miles of niobium-tin superconducting cable supplied by ITER Japan, with more than two years of precision fabrication and verification required. The final phase, […]
This week the fifth 110-tonne module of ITER’s central solenoid magnet was loaded at the manufacture site in California for transport to the ITER site in southern France. Manufactured by General Atomics on behalf of US ITER, the module is one of six being stacked vertically to form the central solenoid. Considered the heart of the […]
As part of coordination of large components for assembly, the ITER team successfully transferred a 440-tonne vacuum vessel sector from the assembly hall to the tokamak pit. This is a temporary move to accommodate adjustments needed for tooling and final sector repairs. Installation of two completed sectors into the tokamak pit is expected to occur […]
US ITER has completed delivery of all components for the support structure of the central solenoid, the 60-foot-tall superconducting magnet that is the heart of the ITER fusion machine. Comprised of more than 9,000 individual parts, the support structure was manufactured by eight U.S. suppliers across six states. With the final delivery crossing the Atlantic […]
The fourth module of ITER’s central solenoid has been installed. Standing on its bespoke platform, the massive, tower-like structure being assembled in the ITER Assembly Hall now reaches approximately two-thirds of its final height. Manufactured and delivered by the United States, the central solenoid modules are made by General Atomics near San Diego. Two more […]