At the opening of Fusion Energy Day on 13 July, ITER Director-General Pietro Barabaschi was joined on stage by senior dignitaries from the Japanese Government, representatives of ITER Member states, ...

This year’s school focused on the integrated modelling of magnetic fusion plasmas. Reliable predictions of ITER plasmas, spanning the entire cross-section from the plasma core, the scrape-off layer, ...

On 22 June, the first batch of equipment and materials for the facility's customized 68 kA power supply system reached ITER. Two other batches have been shipped from Shanghai harbour, and their ...

There is a new arrival in the tokamak pit—one that upends the perception of space and volume that regular observers had become accustomed to. With the successful insertion of sector module #6 on 18 ...

During a test operation earlier this month, a wrapped toroidal field coil was lifted by the gantry crane and its bespoke attachment. The different elements of the ITER magnet cold test facility are ...

The power supply system is a vital part of electron cyclotron heating and current drive—the system at ITER designed for plasma initiation, heating, and control. Tests are underway now to prepare the ...

As delegates from three continents convened on ITER Headquarters for the 36th Meeting of the ITER Council, construction teams were exiting the tokamak assembly theatre after a long night of work. The ...

In 2024 alone, private fusion companies collectively spent USD 434 million on supply chain procurement, nearly double the previous year’s total, according to a recent report by the Fusion Industry ...

On 4 June, the Cooperation Agreement between the ITER Organization and the National Nuclear Center of the Republic of Kazakhstan (NNC RK), originally signed in 2017, was officially extended another ...

In January 2025, the Coordinating Committee of the International Tokamak Physics Activity made the formal decision to open its coordinated research activities to privately funded initiatives.

Computational tools like artificial intelligence (AI), augmented and virtual reality (AR/VR), and digital twins are already showing their immense potential in reshaping how scientists and engineers ...

A sixth central solenoid module has successfully completed testing at the General Atomics Magnet Technologies Center in Poway, California.