ITER

📦📦📦The first assembly tool for port plug installation has been delivered to ITER. This opens the way to a testing and training phase that will help prepare teams for the next stages of tokamak assembly.🔧🔧🔧 Read more: iter.org/node/20687/cor…

A pleasure to welcome European Council President António Costa to ITER. Hosted by ITER DG Pietro Barabaschi and Fusion for Energy Director Marc Lachaise, President Costa saw first-hand the progress underway on the world’s largest fusion energy project. @EUCouncil @EU_Commission

ITER welcomed Indian Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs Nirmala Sitharaman on 4 July as part of her official visit to France. As one of the 7 ITER Members, India is an essential contributor to the world’s largest fusion energy project. @nsitharaman @ITERIndia @FinMinIndia

A landmark moment at #ITER! The final module of the central solenoid was added to complete the stack. This powerful magnet, the beating heart of ITER, will induce the plasma current needed to initiate & help control the fusion reaction inside the tokamak. monkeylink.co/f05a23

One of the largest and most expensive science projects in history is being built in France. See photos of the experiment, whose goal is to prove the feasibility of nuclear fusion as a large-scale and carbon-free source of energy. Via @TheAtlPhoto: theatlantic.com/photography/20…

The last piece of ITER’s central solenoid is now in position. Module 6 has been lifted into place, completing the full stack of the magnet that will help drive plasma current inside the tokamak. A quiet-looking lift — but a huge moment for fusion engineering.

Small but vital: ITER’s correction coils fine-tune magnetic fields to help keep fusion plasma stable. With the full set now delivered, ITER marks another key step in assembling one of the world’s most complex fusion machines. #ITER #FusionEnergy #Engineering

Top Welding, Top ITER is underway! Welders from 7 companies and 4 countries are competing in TIG welding challenges, showcasing the skill and precision essential to ITER tokamak assembly. Winners announced 17 June. #ITER #TopWeldingTopITER #Welding #FusionEnergy

Russian gyrotrons are now in place at ITER. The first three units have been installed as part of the electron cyclotron heating system, supplied through a global effort involving Europe, India, Japan, Russia, and the United States. #ITER #FusionEnergy #BigScience

36 hours. 5 sectors in the pit. 200° of the tokamak in place. Another ITER vacuum vessel sector has completed its journey from the Assembly Hall to the Tokamak Building. Swipe through the carousel to go back in time and follow the operation step by step.

In the air! The lift of sector module #4 is underway. When it lands tomorrow, it will become the fifth of nine sectors to be successfully transferred into the #tokamak pit—meaning more than half of #ITER’s plasma chamber will be in place. Stay tuned! #fusionenergy #ITERAssembly

ITER marked the start of operations at its MCTF — building knowledge, infrastructure, and operating experience for the wider fusion ecosystem. After the first coil cooldown to 4 K, the facility will support magnet testing ahead of installation. bit.ly/ITER_MCTF_Pres…

The first 440 t #vacuum vessel sector was successfully landed on its gravity support in the #ITER #tokamak. This first-of-a-kind operation means the load of vacuum vessel sector #6 was “decoupled” from its temporary supports, the central column and bioshield wall.

Cooldown has started this week on the #magnet cold test facility at #ITER. Toroidal field coil #07 is the first magnet to be tested. Already locked in the #cryostat, it will reach the temperature of 4 Kelvin (-269 degrees Celsius) in ten days. Then performance tests can start.

A house on wheels? No, it's the eighth of nine #vacuumvessel sectors, this one manufactured by Europe, on its way to #ITER. It will arrive in the wee hours of Thursday, 7 May. #fusionenergy @fusionforenergy @DAHER_official @WalterTostoSpa

At ITER, global leaders gather for the Public-Private Fusion Workshop. DG Pietro Barabaschi: “You need both cooperation & competition.” Fusion is moving from possibility to necessity. #FusionEnergy #ITER #CleanEnergy

A sustainable future needs more than ambition—it needs solutions at scale. Fusion energy is one of them. This Earth Day, we continue the work. 🌍#EarthDay 🌎

Big win for fusion: the French Authority for Nuclear Safety and Radiation Protection cleared the ITER Organization vacuum vessel from pressure rules—recognizing EM forces, not pressure, drive its design. Step toward fit-for-purpose fusion regulation #FusionEnergy #ITER

Bellows installation is underway at ITER with first welds complete in the Tokamak Building. A custom installation trolley by Larsen & Toubro (with Tata Consultancy Services) is en route—ready to help the machine “breathe” and adapt to movement.

Progress update: Our Godzilla robotic platform is now testing alignment, insertion & load transfer with first prototype components installed. A key step toward validating remote handling systems for ITER