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ITER and F4E sign Vacuum Vessel PA

On Thursday, November 19, 2009, ITER and F4E signed the Procurement Agreement for the supply of seven of the nine sectors of the ITER Vacuum Vessel. Each sector weighs 450t, is 11 meters high and 13 meters wide.

The signature opens the door for F4E to initiate the tendering process to European industry.

See also: http://www.iter.org/newsline/Pages/108/1497.aspx

The 4th ITER Council meeting that took place in Mito, Japan on Wednesday and Thursday June 17 – 18, 2009 marked an important step towards the next stage of development for ITER.

The ITER Council endorsed the phased approach to the completion of ITER construction and the target date for first plasma by the end of 2018, maintaining operation with Deuterium and Tritium fuels in 2026. This decision will help the ITER team to move ahead with the development of the ITER baseline, which we look forward to presenting to the Council at its next meeting in Cadarache in November.

There was a positive atmosphere throughout the Council meetings demonstrating the determination of all Members to push ahead. I would like to thank all delegates for their support and also the organizers for their efficiency and hospitality.

http://www.iter.org/newsline/Pages/86/657.aspx

“We are happy to have been invited to this meeting and to see the meticulous work done by the IO’s Office of Civil Construction and Jacobs Engineering“, said Laurent Schmieder, Head of the Division for Site, Buildings and Power supplies at the Joint Undertaking “Fusion for Energy” (F4E). “It certainly marks the beginning of an intense and constructive cooperation between the ITER Organization and the European Domestic Agency.” The result of this Design Review will be used by F4E to open calls for tender in order to realize the Detailed Designs. A of these first contracts have been made last week during the “First Meeting on buildings for ITER,” organized by F4E in Cadarache.

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On 17-18 June 2008, the ITER Council, the Governing Body of the new International Organization, convened for its second meeting. The two day meeting in Aomori, Japan, brought together senior representatives from the seven ITER Members: China, the European Union, India, Japan, Korea, Russia and the United States.

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Fusion for Energy (F4E), the organisation for Europe’s contribution to ITER, unlocks new business opportunities for industry by launching its first ever procurement. ITER is the world’s largest scientific partnership that aims to demonstrate the potential of fusion as an energy source, bringing together seven parties that represent half of the world’s population- the EU, Russia, Japan, China, India, South Korea and the United States. The objective of this first procurement by Fusion for Energy is the supply of Chromium plated Copper strand that forms part of the ITER super conducting magnets in order to hold the heated gas known as plasma in position. This first procurement marks the beginning of a strong partnership with European industry and research organisations in providing the components for ITER and ensuring its successful operation’ explained Fusion for Energy Director, Didier Gambier. 

The ITER Organization is moving on from designing to procuring. On Wednesday November 28th, the Director General of the ITER Organization, Kaname Ikeda, and the Director for International Affairs Department, Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA), Toshi Nagaoka, signed the first Procurement Arrangement between the ITER Organization and the Japanese Domestic Agency at the Chateau de Cadarache.

This Procurement Arrangement is for part of the conductor for the 18 Toroidal Field (TF) Coils that will confine the plasma within the ITER machine. “Being the first Procurement Arrangement, it clearly signals that ITER procurements have begun and on a big scale”, Kaname Ikeda, ITER Director General, said.  http://www.iter.org/news_text_28-11-07.htm 

For further information and photographs, please contact: Mrs Jennifer Hay: jennifer.hay@iter.org