"ITER" International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor; From the engineering design activity to the construction phase

Shimamoto, Susumu*; Takahashi, Yoshikazu; Okuno, Kiyoshi

The purpose of this paper is to explain, from the aspect of superconducting coil system, the concept of ITER (International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor) to be constructed in France by means of international collaboration of the seven parties. The specifications and results of R&D on superconducting model coils, which were performed during the Engineering Design Activity, were compared with the final design of ITER. The identification of the relevance of model coils to full scale ITER coils and their limitations as well are discussed from the technical and project manage point of view.