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a star is bornastar will soon be born, a star unlike any other ... a starfashioned by human hands. ITER - the Latin word for"The Way" - will light up in the middle of the coming decade.

From a scientific and technological point of view, it will be one ofhumankind's historic achievements. The creation of an artificial
star and the tapping of the tremendous amounts of energy
produced could forever alter the course of civilization.
The ITER Project, an unprecedented international collaborationthat brings together China, the European Union, India, Japan,
Korea, Russia and the United States, is the culmination of decadesof research and years of diplomatic negotiation. It has been theaspiration of three generations of physicists; it is now the reality of
thousands of scientists, engineers, and labourers involved in ITER
in France and throughout the world.
The seven ITER Members, representing half the world’s
population, share the responsibility for building the ITER machineand facilities. Every Member, essentially, is involved in every system.
as buildings rise on the ITER platform (Pages 5 to 33), component
manufacturing is advancing in ITER Member factories (Pages 34
to 63) and preparations are underway for the machine assembly
phase.
This sixth edition of the ITER photobook aims to take you into
the heart of ITER – from the rolling hills of Provence to factories
on three continents, where men and women from 35 nations arebent on realizing one of humankind’s most enduring dreams:
capturing the fire of the stars and making it available to humanity
for the millennia to come.

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ITER ORganIzaTIOn Progress in Pictures 2019e ITER Tokamak

The ITER machine is a tokamak, the Russian acronym
for Toroidal Chamber, Magnetic Coils. Tokamaks weredeveloped in the 1960s at a time when nations wereexperimenting with all kinds of different systems to reproduce thenuclear reactions at work in the core of the Sun and stars.
a tokamak, like a star, is designed to fuse light atoms into heavier
ones. a tokamak is a magnificent tribute to albert Einstein’s
E=mc2: the tiny loss of mass that results from the fusion processtranslates into a huge quantity of energy. One gram of fusion fuel(the hydrogen isotopes deuterium and tritium) generates as muchenergy as eight tonnes of oil.
ITER will be by far the largest and most complex tokamak everbuilt. Designed from the experience accumulated in hundreds offusion machines throughout the world, it will demonstrate that
fusion energy is scientifically and technologically feasible.

Weight23,000 t

Height~ 30 mDiameter~ 30 mPlasma volume

840 m3Temperature at plasma core
Fusion power

150,000,000 °C
500 MW

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ITER collaboration

As signatories to the ITER Agreement, ITER Members China, the European Union, India, Japan, Korea, Russia and the United States share in the cost of construction, the planning for
operation, and the overall governance of the project. November 20194

ITER ORganIzaTIOn Progress in Pictures 2019e construction platform

Building started on the 180-hectare site in southern France in 2010. Six years remain until First Plasma. October 2019

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assembly arena

The ITER machine will be completely integrated into the Tokamak Building, assembled within the central “well” visible in this image – the bioshield – that is 30 metres deep. April 2019

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From the highest perch

Sitting in their cabins 70 or 80 metres above the platform, worksite crane operators enjoy some of the most spectacular views of the ITER construction site. June 2019

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autumn mist

Early one autumn morning, mist from the Durance River partially obscures the construction site. ITER is nestled in the hills of Provence, about one hour north of Marseille. October 20198

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Fine tuning the giant tools

Two vacuum vessel sector handling tools now stand side by side in the Assembly Hall, looking exactly as the sketch in the background illustrates. All commissioning activities – including
tests with loads – have been completed. January 2019
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a frame for “upending”

A second built-to-purpose assembly tool (right) arrives from Korea in November. This “upending frame” will be used to raise some of the largest machine components from theirhorizontal delivery positions to vertical for subsequent handling. November 201910

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Dedicated to heat removal

Europe has provided the physical infrastructure, India is contributing the equipment, and the ITER Organization is managing the installation tasks for the 6,000 m2 heat rejection zone
on the northern edge of the platform. November 2019
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Cryolines

Cooling fluids produced in the cryoplant are delivered to the machine through high-technology cryolines developed by India. Looking from the outside like ordinary steel pipes, eachsection can host up to seven individually insulated lines. October 201912

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all that power

Fusion for Energy, the European Domestic Agency, has officially transferred the twin magnet power conversion buildings (centre) and a small building for reactive power compensation(left) to the ITER Organization for the start of equipment installation. February 2019
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aer ﬁve years

On either side of the Tokamak assembly pit, the tallest reaches of the Tokamak Building are completed in 2019 (Level L5). The end of five years of construction is approaching for thebuilding that will house the ITER machine. May 201914

ITER ORganIzaTIOn Progress in Pictures 2019next phase: machine assembly

The European Domestic Agency works throughout 2019 toward an important milestone – progressing the Tokamak Building to the point where the roof structure can be erected andthe assembly cranes extended out over the Tokamak pit. The building must be ready in March 2020. June 2019
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Cooling water

Heat generated by the machine is collected by the Tokamak's cooling water system and transferred through the component cooling water loops to the heat rejection system. The
largest piping is 2 metres in diameter. September 201916

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3 weeks, 2,000 kilometres

ITER components are arriving by sea, air, road … and even canal. This cryogenic termination box procured by India in Switzerland is heading for the Rhône river valley through a
network of small-gauge canals dotted with locks and tunnels. February 2019
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Bearing the forces

Between the concrete pedestal at the bottom of the Tokamak pit and the cryostat base, 18 spherical bearings will act as ball-and-socket joints to permit the machine to “breathe” during
operation. Installation is underway. September 201918

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Inside the cold factory

As large as two football pitches, the ITER cryoplant will provide cooling fluids to 10,000 tonnes of superconducting magnets, eight massive cryopumps, and thousands of square
metres of thermal shielding. September 2019
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Under wrap

The 490-tonne lower cylinder of the cryostat has been safely “cocooned” and stored outside of the Cryostat Workshop to wait for its turn in the machine assembly sequence. April 201920

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Magnets: proceeding step by stepThis segment ofmockup coil faithfully mimics poloidal field coil #5 (PF5) and its eight stacked double pancakes. It is used in 2019 to test winding pack impregnation, before theoperation is carried out on the production coil. March 2019
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Tool commissioning completed

Test loads of 360 tonnes were placed on the wings of the sector sub-assembly tools to demonstrate all specified functional requirements. Both passed the tests with flying colours. July 201922

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First pillar

Twenty tall pillars will support the roof of the crane hall and the weight of the bridge cranes as they are extended from the Assembly Hall into the Tokamak Building. The first pillar is
installed in September; by December the full structure, including roof modules, is in place. September 2019
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Tokamak Building: civil works completed

On 13 November, the ITER Organization joins Fusion for Energy, the European Domestic Agency, and its main contractor, the VFR consortium, at the top of the Tokamak Building tocelebrate the last concrete pour ... and five years of intense work and commitment. November 201924

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as dawn rises

Over nine days in December, five pre-assembled modules for the roof of the crane hall are lifted into place. The first operation takes place very early in the morning. December 2019

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Six-tonne shas

As part of the heat rejection process, 13 vertical turbine pumps will take cooling water from deep in the hot basins and circulate it to the cold basin through the heat exchangers. The sixtonne vertical shafts (pictured) must be perfectly positioned and balanced to withstand the force of the water and the rotating impellers. September 201926

ITER ORganIzaTIOn Progress in Pictures 2019a break between sessions

Working as an integrated team, the ITER Organization and seven Domestic Agencies are continuing to meet the project’s demanding schedule to First Plasma. By the end of the year,
project execution to First Plasma stands at 67%. June 2019
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Five-kilometre aluminium snake

Large water-cooled DC busbars supplied by Russia will feed power to ITER’s superconducting magnets. The first elements have been installed on site in the twin buildings for magnet
power conversion. December 201928

ITER ORganIzaTIOn Progress in Pictures 2019e temple of the Sun ...

Raw concrete in the Tokamak assembly pit has given way to the smooth shiny surface of many layers of white paint. The vast volume of the pit (25,000 m3) is nearly ready to receive thefirst major machine components. July 2019
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and now, the upper cylinder

The assembly of the 430-tonne upper cylinder is underway in India’s on-site Cryostat Workshop. Contractors Larsen & Toubro (fabrication and assembly) andMAN Energy Solutions (welding) are in charge of carrying out the assembly activities. October 201930

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Clockwork precision

Each of the 18 cryostat bearings rests on a steel transition piece that is half embedded in the concrete crown. A high-strength top plate (3.5 tonnes of steel) is positioned on the transition
piece to receive the bearings with a mechanical blocking mechanism worthy of a Swiss watch. September 2019
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Last pour for the Tokamak Building

On 7 November, Fusion for Energy, the European Domestic Agency, and its contractors carry out the last concrete pour for the Tokamak Building. In all, six million work hours,
performed by 850 people, were required for this project “of unusual technical complexity,” according to consortium leader Vinci Construction. November 201932

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Equipment expected soon

In one of the yet unpainted galleries of the Tokamak Complex, teams meet to discuss the day’s work program. The vast galleries like this one that surround the central machine well will
be completely filled with equipment as time progresses. November 2019
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Manufacturingaunique aspect of ITER implementation is the in-kindprocurement system that was established at the onset ofthe project. Instead of contributing purely financial
resources, China, the European Union, India, Japan, Korea,
Russia and the United States provide 90% of their contributionsin the form of machine components, systems and – in the case ofEurope – buildings.
Procurement packages are shared equally (~ 9% of the total value)
between China, India, Japan, Korea, Russia and the UnitedStates; Europe’s share, as Host Member, is ~ 45%.
The in-kind procurement arrangement is at the core of ITER’s
founding philosophy, offering the ITER Members invaluable
experience in the manufacturing of components for a fusion
installation.
By contributing to the construction of the experimental machine,
the ITER Members are creating the technological and industrial
basis for the commercial fusion reactors of the future.

2019

The project is also spurring developments in other fields, ascompanies apply the expertise acquired in the fabrication of
ITER’s cutting-edge components and systems to otherapplications and technologies.

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Who manufactures what?
CEnTRaL SOLEnOID

CRyOSTaT

Page 61,62,63

Page 20, 30, 43, 45,70
THERMaL SHIELDTOROIDaL FIELD COILS (18)Page 57

vaCUUM vESSELPage 40, 46

Page 42, 55
POLOIDaL FIELD COILS (6)BLanKET MODULES

Page 21, 34, 58

Page 60

HEaTIng SySTEMS (3)Page 52COOLIng WaTER SySTEM

Page 16, 26

CORRECTIOn COILS (18)DIvERTOR

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Not all systems (or contributions) are represented in this illustration.

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First correction coils

Production is underway at the Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (ASIPP) on the correction coils that will enable small magnetic field adjustments. Fourbottom correction coils will be delivered in early 2020.
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Manifold inputs

Different gas species from the Tritium Plant will be delivered to the fuelling, neutral beam and disruption mitigation systems via a gas distribution manifold system. The assembly of thefirst manifold spool is ongoing, including the process pipes, guard pipe, evacuation pipe and inner supports.
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Late-night transport

Several large semi-circular components have been delivered for the magnet feeder system that will transport cryogens and electrical power to the bottom correction coil magnets. These
feeder sections will be installed inside the cryostat base.
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Successful coil insertion

SIMIC successfully carries out the first insertion operation of the toroidal field coil program, placing a winding pack manufactured at ASG Superconductors (Italy) into the coil caseprovided by the Japanese Domestic Agency. The next step is welding the cover plates along the inside surfaces of the D-shaped coil.
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Divertor cassette bodies

Divertor cassette bodies are the "chassis" of the divertor assemblies – eight-tonne structures that will support plasma-facing targets, diagnostics, operational instrumentation andcooling. Pictured is a real-size prototype manufactured by Water Tosto.
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e shape of ITER

Fusion for Energy, the European Domestic Agency, is delivering five of ITER’s nine vacuum vessel sectors. The first to come off the production line will be Sector #5. (Pictured, thelower poloidal segment of Sector #5 as it enters a facility for radiographic tests.)
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Cryostat top lid

At the Larsen & Toubro factory in Hazira, India, the elements of the top lid of the cryostat are in fabrication. When completed they will be sent to the Indian Domestic Agency's assembly
workshop at ITER.
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apertures galore

All of the components of ITER’s diagnostic neutral beam system will be tested in advance of shipment at a dedicated facility in Ahmedabad, India. These plasma grid segments were
produced by first-of-a-kind angled-grid machining.
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Completed this year

The Indian Domestic Agency delivers half of the ITER cryostat in 2019 – the 490-tonne lower cylinder (pictured) and the 1,250-tonne base. The lower cylinder has since been removed
from the workshop on its platform and stored in order to make room for the assembly of the upper cylinder.
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Successfully inserted

Contractors are carrying out the final fabrication steps on the first Japanese production coil. In 2019, the winding pack is successfully inserted into its coil case vertically, in a joint effort
between Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Mitsubishi Electric Corporation.
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Completion of the Fourth TF Coil Case for the EU

Sub-assemblies AU and BU for TF03 (EU06), which is the 4th TF Coil Case for the EU, passed its final fitting and acceptance tests.

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arrivederci! Loading the Toroidal Field Coil Structure Onto a Boat Bound for Italya Toroidal Field Coil Structure being loaded onto a boat in Kobe port bound for Port Marghera, Italy.
e journey will take about 1.5 months.
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Installing the Hv Bushing

Delivered from Japan to the NBTF site, the HV bushing now sits atop its throne, the beam source vessel.

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10 knm of torque

Although not as powerful as the Inﬁnity Gauntlet of comic book fame, the bolting tool (pictured) that will be used to install ITER’s in-vessel blanket modules robotically is impressive. It will
provide 10 kilonewton metres (kNm) of torque to tighten the massive bolts of the blanket ﬁrst wall panels remotely.
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getting a Handle on the Blanket Modules!

Fruitful meetings were held at QST with oﬃcers from the ITER Organization about the ITER Blanket and its Remote Handling System.
e gigantic manipulator in the picture is a part of the ITER Blanket Remote Handling System, which Japan is responsible for procuring.
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Four of a kindJapan is procuring 8 of the 24 energy-generating devices of the electron cyclotron resonance heating system, including 4 required by First Plasma. At the National Institutes for Quantum
and Radiological Science and Technology (QST), all four have been manufactured and two have completed factory acceptance tests.
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ITER ORganIzaTIOn Progress in Pictures 2019Hello gyrotron no. 6!

Gyrotron No. 6 arrives onsite at Naka in December 2019.
Aer undergoing RF power adjustment testing at Naka, it will be sent to the ITER site in southern France.
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Sun Meets Sun

Every year at the cherry blossom festival in Naka City, the JADA communication team sets up a solar telescope for festival-goers to catch a rare glimpse of the sun in action.
Here, Nakamaro-chan, the beloved mascot of Naka City, learns about nuclear fusion from the JADA Director.
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Last phase for Korean sector #6

The final activities on vacuum vessel Sector #6 are underway now at Hyundai Heavy Industries, as four completed segments (plus upper and lower port stub extensions) are assembled
into the final D-shaped component. Korea is procuring four of ITER’s nine vacuum vessel sectors.
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Coated in silver

Korea has shipped the thermal shield panels required for vacuum vessel sector #6. Silver plating on every surface makes the components glimmer and shine.

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Power to the magnets

The magnet power supply and distribution system will ensure that power received from the 400 kV transmission grid is converted into the controlled DC power needed by the different
magnet systems. In 2019, factory acceptance tests are successfully completed in Korea on the first central solenoid converter unit.
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Top ringSpecialists of the Sredne-Nevsky Shipyard and the Efremov Institute in Saint Petersburg have completed vacuum pressure impregnation on the eight double pancakes that will make up
PF1 – ITER’s smallest poloidal field coil (nine metres in diameter). The resin-hardened pancakes will now be stacked.
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Small, but important

Many of ITER’s diagnostics will be mounted in the port openings of the vacuum vessel, supported within “port plugs,” and integrated into drawer-like structures called diagnostic
shielding modules. Russian contractors are currently developing production technologies through mock-ups.
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Electrical bridges

Between the blanket modules and the vacuum vessel, contractors will install low-impedance electrical bridges formed from bimetal "pedestals" (pictured, in testing) and electrical "straps."

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Turnover station

At different stages of fabrication, the top or bottom of a central solenoid module must be accessible. This turnover tool makes easy work offlipping the 110-tonne components.

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Specialized tooling

Factory acceptance testing of the central solenoid module lifting fixture is underway in Bouc Bel Air, France. The 18-metre-tall electromagnet will be assembled in the
ITER Assembly Hall using tooling supplied by US ITER.
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ITER ORganIzaTIOn Progress in Pictures 2019Tying the modules together

ITER's 13.1 Tesla central solenoid will require a robust support structure to make sure that it remains secure and aligned in the face of huge forces.

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Highlights

T

he ITER Project has begun its countdown to First
Plasma – only six years remain until the button is pushed
to initiate the first operational event of the ITER
scientific program.
Until then, many complex challenges lie ahead as construction
is concluded on site, major one-of-a-kind components are
finalized and delivered by the Domestic agencies, and the ITER
Organization team and contractors implement a carefully
sequenced assembly, installation and commissioning program.
Based on the stringent metrics that measure overall project
performance, 67 percent of the "total construction work scopethrough First Plasma" (a category that includes all design work;
construction and manufacturing; delivery; assembly, installationand commissioning) was completed at the end of 2019.
First Plasma will be a decisive step in the making of the human-madestar that will demonstrate that fusion energy can produce poweron an industrial scale.

2019

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500 years, from Leonardo to ITER

Monday 15 April is Da Vinci Day at ITER, as the ITER Organization and the Consul General of Italy in Marseille co-host a celebration that traces patterns of innovation from theindividual genius of Leonardo da Vinci to the collaborative inspiration of the ITER Project.
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ITER ORganIzaTIOn Progress in Pictures 2019a Saturday well spent

Twice a year, ITER families and members of the public are invited to Open Doors Days for an “insider’s tour” of the construction site and access to specialists in ITER science,engineering and construction.
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ITER Robots, more popular than ever

The ITER Robots competition – now accredited by the French Ministry of Education – returns in May for the eighth time. Seven hundred students, organized into 49 teams, try theirhand at building a small robot to simulate a maintenance situation inside the ITER Tokamak. In the process, they learn about engineering, programming, and ... ITER.
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Bernard Bigot accepts a second term

Heads of Delegation from each ITER Member congratulate Bernard Bigot on his decision to accept a second five-year contract (2020-2025) as Director-General of the
ITER Organization.
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Cryostat 60% complete

The finalization of the cryostat base (pictured) and lower cylinder is celebrated on site in July. The 1,250-tonne base will be the first machine component lowered into the assembly
pit next year.
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Close to the 1,000 markOver 900 people now work directly for the ITER Organization in St-Paul-lez-Durance, France. A large portion of the staff gathers for a group photo in late November.

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Fusion science on the weekend

Local science fairs – tailored particularly to school-age children – offer a fun and friendly way to discover projects like ITER. As part of outreach efforts, ITER sends volunteers to as
many of these events as possible.
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Following the fusion timeline

A new display in the lobby of the ITER Headquarters building retraces ITER and fusion history. In June, Director-General Bigot gives ITER Council members a guided tour.

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A series of spectacular lifts for the metal structure of the crane hall is completed on 11 December. Fusion for Energy, the European Domestic Agency, will be turning over the Tokamak
Building to the ITER Organization in March for the start of machine assembly.
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