1. ITER PROJECT – STEP TO ENERGY OF FUTURE
Institution
“PROJECT CENTER ITER”
Russian ITER Domestic Agency
ITER PROJECT – STEP TO ENERGY OF FUTURE
Institution “Project Center ITER” is responsible for Russian in-kind contribution to the ITER Organization
Building 3, Kurchatov sq. 1, Moscow, Russian Federation
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2. ITER International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor
Institution
“PROJECT CENTER ITER”
ITER
International
Thermonuclear
Experimental
Reactor
Major plasma radius: 6.2 m
Plasma volume: 840 m3
Plasma current: 15 MA
Plasma density: 1020 м-3
Plasma temp.:  20 keV or 200 Mio deg.
Thermonuclear power: 500 MW
ITER – world first international experimental thermonuclear reactor
ITER – hugest international scientific and technical project of today
ITER – important step into energy of future
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3. Institution
“PROJECT CENTER ITER”
Project Milestones
1985
USSR initiative on ITER (M. Gorbachev, E. Velikhov)
1986
Start of negotiations on ITER (USSR, USA, Japan, Europe)
ITER Project conceptual design stage
ITER Project technical design stage, start of R&D on the key problems
and systems of the facility
ITER Project with the price twice as low, execution of R&D for Project
justification
Finalization of the ITER technical design and negotiations on the future
ITER construction site
2006
International ITER Organization Agreement
2007
Establishment of the International ITER Organization
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4. Tokamak 1. Poloidal field coils 2. Vacuum vessel 3. Inductor 4. Plasma
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“PROJECT CENTER ITER”
Tokamak
In the core of ITER there lies TOKAMAK device (TOroidal Camera Magnetic Coil), concept of which was proposed by distinguished Russian scientists academicians I. Tamm and A. Sakharov in 1950s and later on developed by academicians L. Artsimovich, M. Leontovich and B. Kadomtsev
Scheme of classic
TOKAMAK 1 2 3 4 5
1. Poloidal field coils
2. Vacuum vessel
3. Inductor
4. Plasma
5. Toroidal field coils
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5. Fusion reaction scheme
Institution
“PROJECT CENTER ITER”
Thermonuclear fusion
Fusion of Deuterium (D) and Tritium (T) nuclei is the most feasible thermonuclear reaction
D–T mixture should be heated up to 100 млн. С° (5 times as much as t° in the core of the Sun)
D–T gas transforms into totally ionized plasma
D+ and T+ react with formation of a neutron and Helium nucleus (α-particle)
Released energy is equal to 17,6 MeV for a single reaction act
Fusion reaction scheme
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6. Institution
“PROJECT CENTER ITER”
Tritium production
Deuterium is contained in water, and the technology of its extraction from water is well developed. Quantity of Tritium on the Earth is very small, but it can be gained via neutron to Lithium (Li) reaction
Both Lithium isotopes Li6(7,5%) and Li7(92,5%) generate Tritium in reactions:
Li7 + n = He4 + T + n – 2,47 MeV,
Li6 + n = He4 + T + 4,8 MeV.
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7. International ITER Organization
Institution
“PROJECT CENTER ITER”
ITER Project participants are:
EURATOM,
China, India, Japan,
Republic of Korea,
Russian Federation,
United States of America
Agreement on the Establishment of the ITER International Fusion Energy Organization for the Joint Implementation of the ITER Project was signed by the representatives of seven participating Parties in the Elysee Palace (Paris, France) November 21, 2006
The Agreement came into force October 24, 2007
ITER Headquarters completed and inaugurated in Cadarache (France) January 17, 2013
Site preparation for ITER construction has been completed
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8. Russian contribution
Institution
“PROJECT CENTER ITER”
Switching Network, Fast Discharge Units, DC Busbar & Instrumentation
Dome for divertor cassettes
Poloidal Field coil
Superconducting cable for Poloidal and Toroidal Field coils
Upper ports of ITER vacuum vessel
First wall components and connectors for ITER blanket
High Heat Flux Testing of divertor components
Nine Diagnostic systems for plasma properties measurement
Port plug Test facility
170 GHz Gyrotrons
Russia’s contribution to the ITER Project amounts to ~10% of ITER construction cost and manifests itself in procurement of unique high-technology equipment
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9. ITER Domestic Agency key functions
Institution
“PROJECT CENTER ITER”
Russian ITER DA
ITER Domestic Agency key functions
1. Organization and quality control of ITER systems design and manufacturing within the framework of RF responsibility.
2. Organization of procurement and commissioning on ITER facility of the systems produced in Russia.
3. Preparation, conclusion and maintenance of agreements on manufacturing and procurement, external contracts and internal agreements.
4. Creation of databases of intellectual property and thermonuclear technologies, developed within the framework of ITER Project, and organization of access to the similar partners’ databases.
5. Organization of informational networks, remote participation in experiments and videoconferences.
6. Providing cooperation with ITER Organization and international cooperation with the partners.
Under the RF Government decree of January
Institution “Procect Center ITER is appointed ITER Domestic Agency (DA) for guaranteeing Russian in-kind contribution to the ITER Organization
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10. Key contractors Institution “PROJECT CENTER ITER” www.iterrf.ru
State Corporation for Atomic Energy “Rosatom”
(State Client)
Ioffe Physico-Tecnhnical Institute
of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Research Center
“Kurchatov Institute”
(Russian ITER DA till 2011)
Institute of Applied Physics
of the Russian Academy of Sciences
State Research Center
of the Russian Federation
Troitsk Institute for Innovative and Thermonuclear Research
Federal State Unitary Enterprise
“The D.V. Efremov Institute of the Electrophysical Apparatus”
Open Joint-Stock Company
“A.A. Bochvar High-Tech Research and Development Institute of Inorganic Materials”
Open Joint-Stock Company
“N.A. Dollezhall Research and Development Institute of Power Engineering”
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11. Systems Diagnostic system for hydrogen lines spectroscopy
Institution
“PROJECT CENTER ITER”
Systems
Diagnostic system for hydrogen lines spectroscopy
The H-alpha Spectroscopy system is intended, first of all, for the measurements of time behavior, space distribution, and spectral shape of the visible hydrogen Balmer lines
Poloidal field coil for the ITER magnet system
Together with other poloidal field coils the PF1 is located around the ITER toroidal field magnets to provide the plasma control by the magnetic field
Port plug test facility
Test facilities for equatorial and upper port plugs (PPTF) are being developed for carrying out of preliminary heat, vacuum and functional tests of port plugs prior to their installation on tokamak
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12. Systems Upper ports for ITER vacuum vessel
Institution
“PROJECT CENTER ITER”
Systems
Upper ports for ITER vacuum vessel
The VV ports are intended for installation of the plasma diagnostics and heating equipment, vacuum pumping equipment and provide access into the vessel during facility operation. The ports, as the vacuum vessel on the whole, are the first ITER safety barrier classified as the equipment operating with radioactive materials under pressure
Gamma-ray spectroscopy system for ITER plasma diagnostics
The aim of this diagnostics is to measure distribution and dynamics of high energy ions in the poloidal cross-section of reactor. Controlling the high energy ion dynamics is one of the main objectives of ITER plasma diagnostics
Equipment for ECR heating and current drive
Within the framework of the ITER project, Russia is, among other elements, to manufacture and deliver the components for ECR heating and current drive, specifically, the 170 GHz/1 MW gyrotron
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13. Systems Divertor Dome and First wall components
Institution
“PROJECT CENTER ITER”
Systems
Divertor Dome and First wall components
The divertor and first wall are the first barriers for the hot plasma in a fusion reactor. The first wall immediately faces the plasma and protects the ITER systems against high heat fluxes. The Dome/Liner faces the plasma and protects the ITER systems against heat and corpuscular fluxes
Lenpa and Henpa neutral particles analysers
LENPA and HENPA neutral particle analyzers – Neutral particle analysis (NPA) – is one of the main parts of ITER diagnostic system. NPA diagnostics is based on absolute measurement and energy analysis of charge-exchange neutral particles emitted by plasma
ITER neutron diagnostics
Neutron diagnostics, developed and procured by Russia within the framework of joint implementation of the ITER project, is one of the key diagnostic systems, which enables by direct measurements to demonstrate achievement of thermonuclear fusion on a reactor scale
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14. Systems ITER HFS reflectometry Superconductors for ITER magnet system
Institution
“PROJECT CENTER ITER”
Systems
ITER HFS reflectometry
HFS reflectometry diagnostics – one of the important parts of ITER diagnostic system. The diagnostics is based on the physical principle of electromagnetic wave reflection from plasma
Superconductors for ITER magnet system
Superconducting conductors are designed to be used for the fabrication of the windings of the coils of the ITER Magnet System and are essentially the unique cable product that contains more than 1000 unit superconducting strands, each of them containing more than 10 thousand superconducting extremely tiny (2-6 mkm) filaments
Switching devices for ITER power supply systems
Due to the successful results of the many years’ work of Russian scientists and engineers on developing the switching devices, the RF Team has been assigned with procurement of all the components for coil energy discharge systems based on high-current switches
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15. Systems Charge exchange recombination spectroscopy diagnostics
Institution
“PROJECT CENTER ITER”
Systems
Charge exchange recombination spectroscopy diagnostics
With the help of CXRS such major parameters of plasma as the ion temperature profile, poloidal and toroidal rotation velocity profile, and also concentration and distribution of light impurity inside a plasma column are measured
Laser-induced fluorescence
Laser-Induced Fluorescence is designed for Helium and extrinsic impurities parameters measurement in divertor. The system can also be applied for evaluation of electronic temperature in divertor
Thomson scattering for ITER divertor
The destination of Thomson scattering in the divertor is measurements of electron temperature and density spatial distribution in the most problem domain of ITER – divertor, which is the main region in fusion devices for plasma-wall-interactions
Blanket connectors
Russian Federation is responsible for manufacturing and procurement of
mechanical supports and electrical connectors for ITER blanket. These are aimed at keeping blanket modules from moving in radial, poloidal and toroidal directions
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16. Procurement Arrangements
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“PROJECT CENTER ITER”
Procurement Arrangements
Since that moment, nine more Procurement Arrangements have been signed by the Russian ITER DA:
ITER Upper ports
Divertor systems
Superconducting cable for PF coils
Switching network
Poloidal Field Coil (PF1)
Port plug test facility
Reflectometry diagnostics
Lenpa and Henpa neutral particles analysers
Equipment for ECR heating and current drive
The first equipment Procurement Arrangement (superconductor) was signed between RRC “Kurchatov Institute” and the ITER Organization
February 12, 2008
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17. ITER cooperation Institution “PROJECT CENTER ITER”
ITER cooperation
Institution “Project Center ITER” regularly hosts high-level international meetings involving specialists from the ITER Organization and Domestic Agencies of the Project’s participants
ITER Organization Director General professor Osamu Motojima visits Russian ITER Domestic Agency, December 2012
Coordination Meeting of the ITER Organization representatives and Domestic Agencies representatives in Kurchatov Institute, September 8-10,2008
Planning & Scheduling Meeting involving the IO and ITER DAs representatives took place in Kurchatov Institute in June 2009
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18. Russian superconductor
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“PROJECT CENTER ITER”
Russian superconductor
In October 2010 representatives of the ITER Russian Domestic Agency together with their European colleges completed successful testing of the full-scale Nb-Ti conductor for the ITER poloidal field coils – PF1&6. Testing was conducted at the SULTAN facility in the Paul Sherer (PSI, Switzerland)
Preliminary processing of experimental results, and result analysis performed by the employees of the ITER International Organization, Russian ITER Domestic Agency, and ISPTT of RRC “KI” allow stating that the conductor parameters significantly exceed the requirements of the ITER Organization
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19. NbTi cable shipment Institution “PROJECT CENTER ITER” www.iterrf.ru
Late in August 2011, after manufacturing of 760m TF Conductor Copper Dummy has been completed by the Russian suppliers, four PF Copper and one Superconducting Nb-Ti Cable Dummies were shipped to Europe from JSC VNIIKP.
The above Dummies are intended to develop the Poloidal Field Coils PF1&6 manufacturing technology: first of all, to work out the process of conductor manufacturing (pulling cable in huge jacket and compaction of conductor), and secondly for simulation of the double pancake winding.
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20. First Nb3Sn superconductor
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“PROJECT CENTER ITER”
In August 2011, RF-DA’s Conductor Supplier JSC VNIIKP has finished manufacturing of 760m TF Conductor Copper Dummy. Manufacturing of 760m TF Conductor Copper Dummy is definitely a significant step ahead showing that time and efforts came to fine results. This Unit Length is the first one of those used for qualification of conductors’ manufacturing process which includes qualification of most important process like cabling, welding of Jacket, cable pull-through assembled jacket length, compaction and spooling of the conductor
First Nb3Sn superconductor
Nb3Sn jacketing in HEPI (Protvino)
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21. Gyrotrons manufacturing
Institution
“PROJECT CENTER ITER”
Russian suppliers continue R&D on development of 170 GHz / 1MW gyrotron for ITER, which is among the key elements of the future machine. The works are conducted by the Institute of Applied Physics and the “GYCOM” Ltd.”
Test of the gyrotron complex at 1,05 MW / 500 sec. and 0,9 MW / 1000 sec. regimes have been successfully carried out at the Kurchatov Institute test facility. The obtained test results match the IO requirements completely
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22. Practical training Institution “PROJECT CENTER ITER”
Practical training
Seven young fusion researches and engineers from Russia arrived at the ITER Headquarters in France in January Over the next 45 days they will work closely with engineers and scientists on site. The State Corporation “Rosatom” initiative was fully supported by the IO Director General professor Osamu Motojima. "Any ideas to simplify the design are more than welcome", ITER Director-General Osamu Motojima said with a jovial smile as he welcomed the new co-workers. "With this scientific exchange we hope to set a precedence which will be followed by other Domestic Agencies", Motojima continued , adding that "By fostering young generations in the field of fusion science and technology we will ultimately turn ITER into Center of Excellence. That is my goal."
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23. TF conductor Institution “PROJECT CENTER ITER” www.iterrf.ru
End of February, on the territory of High Energy Physics Institute in Protvino this cable was pulled through a stainless steel jacket (assembled there as well). Insertion stage was followed by compaction and spooling of the conductor (meaning that such became the cable pulled through the steel jacket) in four meter in diameter solenoid
OJSC “VNIIKP” located in Podolsk, Moscow region, started cabling of the 760-meter niobium-three-tin cable for the ITER magnet system toroidal coils, January 17, This is the first regular equipment unit within Russian responsibilities that will be manufactured and procured to the ITER Organization.
October 09, 2012, two qualified unit lengths of toroidal field conductors for the ITER magnetic system were shipped from Kurchatov Institute to the customs office for the further transportation to Europe. These were the copper dummy and the 100-m qualification conductor. This was Russia’s first procurement of the toroidal field coils conductor
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24. Collaboration goes on Institution “PROJECT CENTER ITER” www.iterrf.ru
During his Moscow visit in March 2012 IO Director General professor Osamu Motojima met the Russian ITER Council members, heads of Russian organizations and enterprises participating in manufacturing of the ITER systems, and employees of the RF DA. At the same meeting Prof. Motojima and Director of the Institution “Project Center ITER” (RF DA) signed the ninth Procurement Arrangement
The traditional International Conductor meeting took part in Moscow September 10-13, The regular meeting was attended by the International ITER Organization representatives, experts from the ITER Domestic Agencies of EU, China, Japan, Republic of Korea, Russia and USA, as well as specialists of the suppliers
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25. Obligations fulfilled
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“PROJECT CENTER ITER”
In September 2012 regular SULTAN test of Russian TF Conductor based on bronze route strands was performed by CRPP-EPFL. Testing of TFRF4 is a very important milestone achieving which we complete pre-production phase of TF Conductors procurement and proceed to the final production stage. At the same time it opens the way to start shipping of real Conductors to Coil manufacturer for producing coils for ITER Tokamak
First testing of plasma-facing components of the ITER outer divertor target full-scale prototype started at the Efremov Institute (St Petersburg, Russia) late October This will be the first (of several dozens) test series, results of which will make it possible to adjust manufacturing technology of these ITER components
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26. Benefits from participation in the ITER Project
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“PROJECT CENTER ITER”
Importance
Benefits from participation in the ITER Project 1
Powerful impulse for development of the national program of thermonuclear research and a number of high-technology industries 2
Full access to the technologies and developments of the ITER Project 3
Exercise of construction technologies of similar fusion facilities, preparation of research and engineering staff
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