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ITER Project Achieves a Major Milestone
ITER Project Achieves a Major Milestone The International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) project, which aims to build the world’s largest fusion reactor in southern France, achieved a major milestone this week. The construction crews of about 200 carefully lifted the cryostat base into the first major piece of the reactor, the tokamak. Procured by India,…
Ansaldo Nucleare Wins 10 Million Euro Contract for a Pre-Conceptual Fusion Reactor Design
Ansaldo Nucleare Wins 10 Million Euro Contract for a Pre-Conceptual Fusion Reactor Design A consortium, led by Ansaldo Nucleare, has won a €10m contract from the European Commission for a pre-conceptual fusion reactor design. It will be built on knowledge gained from the ongoing International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (Iter) project in France and the Joint…
The core of another ITER superconducting magnet has been completed
The core of another ITER superconducting magnet has been completed The core of another superconducting magnet has been completed for the ITER project (International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor). The massive piece of equipment will depart from the ASG Superconductors factory (La Spezia, Northern Italy), to be delivered to Marghera where it will go through the final…
Tokamak
Experimental arrangement for controlled nuclear fusion. In a Tokamak, two superimposed magnetic fields enclose the plasma: this is the toroidal field generated by external coils on the one hand and the field of a flow in the plasma on the other hand. In the combined field, the field lines run helicoidally around the torus centre.…
Europe and Japan Complete the Most Powerful Tokamak in the World
Europe and Japan Complete the Most Powerful Tokamak in the World Almost twelve years after they started their collaboration, Europe and Japan have taken an important step in the development of fusion energy by completing JT-60SA, the most powerful tokamak in the world before ITER enters the picture. With a diameter of 12 m, the…
ITER Project – Cryostat Manufacturing From India Is Over
ITER Project – Cryostat Manufacturing From India Is Over In September 2012, the Indian Domestic Agency concluded a contract with Larsen & Toubro for the fabrication of the 3,800-tonne ITER cryostat — the world’s largest steel vacuum chamber (16,000 m³) and a critical part of the ITER machine. Eight years later, the final segments are ready for shipment…
ITER Project Starts Its Five-Year Assembly
ITER Project Starts Its Five-Year Assembly The International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER), the world’s largest nuclear fusion project began its five-year assembly phase on Tuesday, 28th July 2020. Assembly in Cadarache is expected to be over in late 2025. The €20bn ITER project will replicate the reactions that power the sun and is intended to…
Ultrasound Technique to Test Welding Seams of ITER Components
Ultrasound Technique to Test Welding Seams of ITER Components A new technique to test ultrasonically welding seams of key components of the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) is about to be developed by specialists in non-destructive testing of Tomsk Polytechnic University (TPU), Russia. Specialists from the EU, UK, China, India, Japan, Korea, Russia, and US…
Solidification
As a rule, radioactive waste becomes suitable for ultimate disposal by embedding in a matrix. The stability of the solidification product is adjusted to the requirements of the type of waste, for instance, radiotoxicity, decay heat, half-life and others. Solidification criteria are: mechanical resistance to avoid dispersion, radiation protection resistance to avoid radiolysis, thermal conductivity…