There is a place near Santander, Spain, where one can actually feel what ITER will be like. Although we've seen dozens of drawings and 3D animations, the encounter with a true-size mockup of the ITER ...

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, ...

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 describing the R&D program of the ITER device, the new baseline ITER Research Plan also identifies the top issues requiring consolidation or refinement. The R&D required to address these issues ...

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 ...

At its 32nd meeting in May, the ITER Council Science and Technology Advisory Committee (STAC) reviewed the fully detailed version of the ITER Research Plan as well as associated blueprints for magnet ...

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

The success of the "high-voltage holding in vacuum" tests confirms MITICA’s readiness for further testing and integration, with results exceeding the maximum operation voltage required in hydrogen at ...

The transfer of sector module #7 to the tokamak assembly pit, on Thursday 10 April, was many things in one. Hailed as a “record performance” by ITER Director-General Pietro Barabaschi, considered a ...