Progress in procurement of remote handling equipment for ITER Blanket maintenance

Takeda, Nobukazu; Tanigawa, Hisashi; Ueno, Kenichi; Maruyama, Takahito; Noguchi, Yuto; Kakudate, Satoshi

In the vacuum vessel of the ITER, dose rate is very high (250 Gy/h) even during the plasma shutdown. Therefore, in-vessel components such as blanket and divertor must be maintained by remote handling. Procurement of the remote handling system of the blanket is allocated to Japan and the JAEA is performing the final design of it toward handover to the ITER Organization scheduled in 2020. This report shows progress of the final design activity. In the final design, the major part of the systems are more detailed and the tools for welding and cutting of blanket pipes are newly designed. In the same time, feasibility of operation scenario is confirmed by system analyses such as the reliability, availability, maintainability and inspectability analysis and structural analysis. By these activities, it is confirmed that the main components whose manufacturing contract will be awarded in this year can be fabricated without any concern and will be handed over to the ITER Organization in 2020 as planned.