Massive ring-shaped coil goes into storage
Channel: iterorganization
Date: 30/10/2023

In August 2023, poloidal field coil #4  (24m in diameter and weighing 350 tonnes) was moved from the European Poloidal Field Coils factory on the ITER site to a storage facility nearby. Its near clone, poloidal field coil #3, is ready for cold testing, and is expected to be handed over to the ITER Organization in the spring of 2024. By then, Europe will have delivered the 5 ring-shaped poloidal field coils it was responsible for...