Blanket first wall | Manufacturing kicks off in Europe
For one of the most demanding technological components of the ITER machine the first wall of the blanket the European Domestic Agency Fusion for Energy made the decision early on to involve different suppliers in a multiyear manufacturing qualification effort that concluded with the realization of full-scale prototypes. The effort has paid off, as two consortia have now been awarded production contracts.
A real-size prototype of the ITER blanket first wall panel produced by Atmostat-Alsyom for Fusion for Energy. Europe is responsible for 215 out of the 440 first wall panels required for the ITER device.Completely covering the interior surfaces of the ITER vacuum vessel is the blanket a protective component designed to protect the rest of the reactor by absorbing most of the radiative and particle heat fluxes from the hot plasma, as well as by stopping or slowing down most of the neutrons that result from the fusion reaction
12 January 2021
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The ITER Organisation has selected the contractors to carry out assembly and installation activities inside the Tokamak Complex at the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (Iter), under construction in Cadarache, France. These contracts are the last major assembly and installation contracts planned for first-phase Iter assembly.
The internal components of the Iter Tokamak Complex (Image: ITER Organisation)
Following competitive global tender campaigns managed by ITER s Procurement & Contracts Division, two international groups - one incorporated as a consortium and the other as a commercial partnership - have been awarded contracts for installation activities inside the Tokamak Complex.
These phased, long-term contracts will cover the pre-assembly and installation of the millions of components that make up the plant systems supporting the Iter machine, including fuelling, vacuum, diagnostics, cooling, power and heating. The two assembly contra