On June 3, 2013, the first load of construction cargo made its way to ITER construction site. The cargo contained 14.5 tons of copper conductor manufactured in China for use in the tooling and manufacturing processes of ITER’s large and powerful poloidal field magnets. From the article:

“This is only a small load,” said the head of ITER’s Magnet Division Neil Mitchell, “but we expect that it is the start of an avalanche of deliveries to the ITER site now that the production around the world is building up.”

 
“In Cadarache, southern France, ITER construction has begun on the scientific facilities. Manufacturing of components for ITER is underway in Members’ industries all over the world; the level of coordination required for the successful fabrication of over one million parts for the ITER Tokamak alone is daily creating a new model of international scientific collaboration.”

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