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After a decade of design and fabrication, US-based General Atomics said on 15 June that it is ready to ship the first module of the Central Solenoid to the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) under construction in Saint-Paul-lès-Durance in southern France. Despite the challenges of Covid-19, ITER is almost 75% built and massive first-of-a-kind components have been arriving in France from three continents over the past 15 months. Construction of ITER is funded mainly by the European Union (45.6%) with the remainder shared equally by China, India, Japan, Korea, Russia and the USA (9.1% each). However, in practice, the members deliver little monetary contribution to the project, instead providing ‘in-kind’ contributions of components, systems or buildings.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Wednesday, 16 June 2021
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsgeneral-atomics-prepares-to-ship-first-module-of-iters-central-solenoid-8822680
Russia is supplying 25 sophisticated high-tech systems for the International Thermonuclear Fusion Experimental Reactor (Iter), under construction in France. In St Petersburg, at the Sredne-Nevsky Shipbuilding Plant (SNSZ) specialists from SNSZ and from the DV Efremov Scientific Research Institute of Electrophysical Apparatus (NIIEFA - part of Rosatom) have just completed the vacuum-injection impregnation of the winding of the superconducting coil for the magnetic system of the Iter reactor, Rosatom said on 19 March
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Tuesday, 23 March 2021
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsrussia-completes-key-equipment-for-iter-8616768
NRG at Petten in the Netherlands is preparing to use its high-flux reactor (HFR) to test the operation, integrity and quality of the “first wall” that will shield the nuclear fusion process at the €15bn ($17bn) International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (Iter) under construction at Cadarache, France. Iter is intended to demonstrate the scientific and technological feasibility of fusion power. The project is being undertaken by seven members – Europe, the US, Russia, Japan, China, South Korea and India.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Wednesday, 12 October 2016
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsmaterials-testing-for-iter-components-5029458
The UK Atomic Energy Authority is a non departmental government body carrying out research into the potential of nuclear fusion as a future source of energy. The Authority operates MAST, which forms part of the UK & European Fusion Programme with the aim of magnetically confining and studying the behaviour of a plasma in conditions and dimensions approaching those required in a fusion reactor. MAST Upgrade is a programme designed to update the machine and push the limits of operations even closer. The upgrade to the machine is to include a new Helium Cryogenic Plant for which the Authority requires the design, manufacture and supply of a star fin heat exchanger for warming cold Helium gas circa 7 Kenvin to ambient temperature. The scope of the contractor's work may also include (assistance with) installation and/or commissioning. This PIN has been published to enable market research to commence to asses the reaction of the market to the proposed requirement and review available technologies. The Authority will conduct a dialogue with the marketplace. This may result in a call for competition based on the content of the requirement achieved through the dialogue.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Monday, 14 February 2011
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsheat-exchange-units-uk-no-deadline-given