The cryogenics group at ITER has achieved a significant milestone with the successful integration of the five massive auxiliary cold boxes in the Tokamak Building. Each one, weighing approximately 28 ...

At the opening of Fusion Energy Day on 13 July, ITER Director-General Pietro Barabaschi was joined on stage by senior dignitaries from the Japanese Government, representatives of ITER Member states, ...

This year’s school focused on the integrated modelling of magnetic fusion plasmas. Reliable predictions of ITER plasmas, spanning the entire cross-section from the plasma core, the scrape-off layer, ...

When the ITER Organization made the key decision in 2023 to change the armour tiles of the plasma chamber from beryllium to tungsten, it meant adding a new wall conditioning system to buffer the ...

Late in 2003, ITER Members China, the European Union, Japan, Korea, Russia and the United States (India would join in December 2005) began seriously considering the question of where to site the ...

When the big crate was opened, revealing its contents, the feeling this morning on the third floor of the Radiofrequency Building was one of awe and pride.

On 22 June, the first batch of equipment and materials for the facility's customized 68 kA power supply system reached ITER. Two other batches have been shipped from Shanghai harbour, and their ...

There is a new arrival in the tokamak pit—one that upends the perception of space and volume that regular observers had become accustomed to. With the successful insertion of sector module #6 on 18 ...

As delegates from three continents convened on ITER Headquarters for the 36th Meeting of the ITER Council, construction teams were exiting the tokamak assembly theatre after a long night of work. The ...

In describing the R&D program of the ITER device, the new baseline ITER Research Plan also identifies the top issues requiring consolidation or refinement. The R&D required to address these issues ...

Wendelstein 7-X—the leading fusion device of the stellarator type—achieved several new performance milestones during its latest run of experiments. Among them is a world record for triple product, the ...

Computational tools like artificial intelligence (AI), augmented and virtual reality (AR/VR), and digital twins are already showing their immense potential in reshaping how scientists and engineers ...