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The ITER Organisation announced that the lower cylinder of the cryostat for the international experimental tokamak nuclear fusion reactor under construction at Cadarache in France has been settled in its final position.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Friday, 11 September 2020
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsfinal-positioning-for-lower-cylinder-of-the-iter-cryostat-8127156
Researchers have found that small amounts of plutonium were included inside cesium-rich microparticles (CsMPs) emitted during the Fukushima Daiichi accident in 2011, the University of Helsinki reports.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Saturday, 18 July 2020
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsinternational-study-finds-plutonium-particles-were-released-during-fukushima-accident-8029597
The vacuum vessel is a 5,000-tonne steel chamber designed to house the world's first reactor-scale fusion plasma at Iter.
Iter said that according to its machine assembly plan, section number six of the vacuum vessel, manufactured by Hyundai Heavy Industries, will be shipped to Iter’s Cadarache site followed by section number seven, which is also being manufactured by Hyundai Heavy Industries and is more than 90% complete.
Europe is providing the other five vacuum vessel sections. Europe is contributing almost half of the €20bn cost of Iter’s construction. The other six members of the venture – China, India, Japan, South Korea, Russia and the US – are contributing equally to the rest.
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Thursday, 30 April 2020
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/south-korea-completes-first-section-of-vacuum-vessel-4-3-2020
Fincantieri, based in Trieste and the largest shipbuilder in Europe, won the deal to supply equipment for the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor, a multinational collaboration aimed at building an experimental hydrogen fusion reactor at Cadarache in the south of France.
Fincantieri said in a statement that the work would include a number of high-profile systems, components, installations as part of the Iter project.
A temporary consortium has been established for the work. It includes Fincantieri itself as the main contractor, its subsidiary Fincantieri SI, active in the field of plant design and industrial-scale electrical, electronic and electromechanical components, Delta-ti Impianti, specialised in mechanical plant engineering, and Comes, specialised in electrical plant engineering.
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Saturday, 25 January 2020
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/italian-state-shipyard-wins-eur100m-nuclear-fusion-contract-1-5-2020
Following UK media reports questioning the future of UK's Culham Centre for Fusion Energy (CCFE) and the Joint European Torus (JET) in the wake of the UK's expected withdrawal from the European Union (Brexit), CCFE head Ian Chapman said on 30 November that "nothing has changed". JET is the largest tokamak in the world and the only operational fusion experiment currently capable of producing fusion energy.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Tuesday, 06 December 2016
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsconcern-over-future-of-uk-fusion-research-5689165
"Nothing has changed" regarding the future for the UK's Culham Centre for Fusion Energy (CCFE) and the Joint European Torus (JET), centre head Ian Chapman said today.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Wednesday, 30 November 2016
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Post-Brexit-business-as-usual-at-JET
UK companies have formed a consortium to bid for construction of the main reactor vacuum vessel of the Euro 5 Bn ITER (International Tokamak Experimental Reactor) nuclear fusion reactor being built in Cadarache, France. The consortium, led by Davy Markham, a specialist in fabrication and machining of large structures, and precision fabricator Metalcraft, and the engineering consultancy AMEC. The Welding Institute has offered to provide specialist support that will be needed during the construction of the Vacuum Vessel segments.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Friday, 27 March 2009
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsdavy-markham-metalcraft-and-amec-bid-for-iter-reactor-vessel-contract