Nuclear Fusion (Jan 2024)

Completion of all the ITER toroidal field coil structures

  • Hideki Kajitani,
  • Tsutomu Hemmi,
  • Masahide Iguchi,
  • Takeru Sakurai,
  • Katsutoshi Takano,
  • Fumiaki Tsutsumi,
  • Kengo Saito,
  • Kazuyuki Sakamoto,
  • Nobuhiko Tanaka,
  • Masataka Nakahira,
  • Takaaki Isono

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1088/1741-4326/ad66e1
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 64, no. 9
p. 096026

Abstract

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All 19 ITER toroidal field coil structures (TFCSs) were successfully fabricated by the Japan Domestic Agency with solving technical challenges. This study presents the results of the welding-deformation control process, which is a remarkable challenge in an efficient fabrication of the TFCSs.

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