Progress of preparation for ITER divertor thermocouple in JADA

Kitazawa, Sin-iti; Yamamoto, Tsuyoshi; Kawano, Yasunori; Itami, Kiyoshi

The Japan Domestic Agency (JADA) is scheduled to procure a divertor thermocouple (DTC) system for the divertor outer vertical targets in the ITER project. The DTC is a diagnostic device that will directly measure the surface temperature of the divertor, a plasma-facing component, and will be installed on the surface of the divertors which are in the scope of JADA procurement sharing. A thermocouple itself is a conventional device used for measuring temperature, however, for the DTC to be able to take highly reliable operation under the ultrahigh vacuum and high radiation field of the ITER environment. Therefore various advanced research and development is necessary. Development of the DTC control system, which is based on ITER standards, should also be performed since it is included within the scope of JADA procurement. In this presentation, we will show the current status of research & development on the DTC.