WNN – Superconductor work progresses for Iter
World Nuclear News – Superconductor work progresses for Iter
21 March 2012
Milestones have been reached in the preparatory work for the international next generation fusion reactor, Iter, as Chinese and Italian suppliers complete the construction of key manufacturing facilities and trial versions of parts for the superconducting magnets.
In late February China completed and shipped its first major component for the project – 660 metres of toroidal field dummy conductor; while in Italy in early march the Italian Consortium for Applied Superconductivity (ICAS) completed the commissioning of the jacketing line facility, as well as equipment needed for the manufacturing of conductors.
The superconducting magnets are some of the highest value and most essential components of the Iter reactor, which is soon to start construction at Cadarache in Southern France. The reactor is to be a kind of tokamak – a doughnut-shaped vacuum vessel which, when operational, will confine and heat a plasma of deuterium and tritium ions to achieve sustained nuclear fusion.
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