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The International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) fusion project has given a progress update on tackling the defects discovered last year in the thermal shields and vacuum vessel sector. It hopes to tender for the thermal shield work, and have a contractor in place, by the end of March.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Friday, 13 January 2023
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/ITER-to-replace-23km-of-cooling-pipes-on-thermal-s
“When building a machine as large and as complex as ITER, difficulties and setbacks do not come as surprises - they are an integral part of manufacturing, assembling and installing first-of-a-kind components,” the ITER Organisation said recently.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Friday, 25 November 2022
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsiter-says-essential-key-components-repairs-will-impact-schedule-10381371
Iter said in a project update that the two components are the vacuum vessel thermal shields and the vacuum vessel sectors.
The issues “demand in-depth examination, creativity in devising corrective actions, and time and budget to repair”, Iter said.
The vacuum vessel thermal shields are actively cooled silver-plated elements, 20 mm thick that contribute to thermally insulating the plant’s superconducting magnet system operating at 4K, or minus 269C.
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Thursday, 24 November 2022
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/eur20-billion-project-faces-delays-as-defects-found-in-two-key-first-of-a-kind-components-11-3-2022
The International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) project has announced defects have been discovered in the thermal shields and vacuum vessel sectors and warned that the consequences on schedule and cost "will not be insignificant".
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Wednesday, 23 November 2022
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Defects-found-in-two-key-components-of-ITER-tokama