Draft COUNCIL DECISION concerning the conclusion, by the Commission, of Protocol 2 to the Agreement among the European Atomic Energy Community, the Government of Japan, the Government of the Russian Federation, and the Government of the United States of America on cooperation in the Engineering Design Activities (EDA) for the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER)
Date: 1994-02-25
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EAEC, International Atomic Energy Agency, cooperation agreement, nuclear energy, nuclear reactor, protocol to an agreement

ipOMMISSION  OF  THE  EUROPEAN  COMMUNITIES 

C0M(94) 53  final 
Brussels, 25.02.1994 

Draft 

concerning  the  conclusion,  by  the  Commission,  of  Protocol  2  to  the  Agreement  among  the 

European Atomic Energy Community, the Government of Japan, the Government of the Russian 

-ederation,  and  the  Government  of  the  United  States  of  America  on  cooperation  in  the 

Engineering  Design Activities  (EDA)  for  the  International  Thermonuclear  Experimental  Reactor 

<ITER). 

(presented  by  the Commission) 

EXPLANATORY  MEMORANDUM 

1. 

The Agreement  among the  European Atomic  Energy  Community,  the  Government 

of  Japan, the  Government  of the  Russian Federation, and the  Government  of  the 

United States of  America  ("the  Parties") on cooperation in the  Engineering  Design 

Activities  (EDA)  for  the  International  Thermonuclear  Experimental  Reactor  (ITER) 

("the ITER EDA Agreement"), under the auspices of the International Atomic Energy 

Agency  (IAEA),  concluded  among  the  Parties  on  21  July  1992  (as  far  as  the 

Community 

is  concerned,  in  accordance  with  a  Commission  Decision  of 

22  April  1992  1 following  a Council  Decision of  6 April  1992),  is due to  remain in 

force for six years. 

Pursuant to Article  3 of the ITER EDA Agreement, the EDA are implemented by two 

or more protocols, as appropriate, according to the progress of work.  Protocol  1 to 

the  ITER  EDA  Agreement  ("Protocol  1"),  also  concluded  among  the  Parties  on 

21  July  1992, will terminate upon entry into force of Protocol  2, but not later than 

on 20  March  1994. 

2. 

Pursuant to Section 4 of Protocol  1, a draft Protocol  2 to the ITER EDA Agreement 

("Protocol  2") and draft accompanying documents have been prepared, taking into 

account the items set out in that provision, and submitted to the  ITER Council  by 

a  Special  Working  Group  established  pursuant  to  Section  1  of  Protocol  1.  On 

22 April  1993, the ITER Council accepted for submission to the Parties' authorities 

the  draft  Protocol  2  and  draft  accompanying  documents  prepared  by  the  Special 

Working  Group  for  completion  of  the  EDA  under  Protocol  2,  with  a  view  to 

negotiating  and concluding  Protocol  2 as soon as possible. 

OJ n°L244,  26.08.92, p. 13 

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3. 

In its Decision of  10  December  1993 the Council: 

-  authorized the Commission to conduct negotiations on Protocol  2 on the basis of 

the  draft  Protocol  2  and  draft  accompanying  documents  referred  to  under 

point 2 above, it being understood that such draft accompanying documents have 

the purpose of setting out in detail, inter alia, the implementing measures deemed 

necessary by the Parties for jointly completing the activities identified in Article  2 

of  the  Agreement  and  that  such  draft  accompanying  documents  shall  be 

complemented by the Outline Design report as approved by the ITER Council and 

by an annex established along the lines set out in Attachment  4 to the Directives 

for the Commission; and 

-  stipulated that  it is not  opportune  that  a  proposal  for  a decision authorizing  the 

signature of Protocol  2 be presented until the Commission, having submitted the 

Outline Design report to the Council of the  European Union and the Consultative 

Committee  for the  Fusion Programme  (CCFP)  as soon as it is available, to make 

sure that the Outline Design is acceptable, has received the opinion of that Council 

and of the CCFP and the agreement  of the  ITER Council  for the adoption  of  that 

report as an accompanying  document to  Protocol  2. 

4. 

In view  of  point 3 above: 

-  on  19 January  T994  in  its  opinion  on  the  Outline  Design  report,  the  CCFP 

recommended  that  the  Community  members  of  the  ITER  Council  support  the 

approval by the ITER Council of the Outline  Design report, which will become an 

accompanying  document to the  Protocol  2 package; 

-  on 28  January  1994  the  ITER Council  considered  that the  Outline Design report 

constitutes an acceptable basis for consideration by the Parties to proceed toward 

the conclusion of  Protocol  2; and 

-  on  21  February  1994  the  Council  of  the  European  Union  considered  that  the 

Outline Design report constitutes an acceptable basis for future work which could 

be included as an accompanying  document to  Protocol  2. 

5. 

The quadripartite  negotiations have resulted in the following  documents  (annexed 

to the enclosed proposal for a Council Decision): the draft Protocol  2 (ANNEX  I) and 

the Co-Chairs' Summary of the Negotiation Meeting (28  January  1994) (ANNEX II): 

-  the draft  Protocol  2 is identical to the one attached to the negotiation Directives; 

-  the Co-Chairs' Summary contains, besides the draft Protocol  2 (ATTACHMENT  I), 

the  Negotiators'  Shared  Views  (ATTACHMENT  II)  which  match  the  draft 

accompanying  documents  attached  to the  negotiation  Directives  except  for the 

following  modifications  (upon  EAEC  negotiators'  request  to  comply  with  the 

Council  Directives): 

.  a point  "EL  Monitoring  of  the  ITER  EDA"  (referred  to  under  point  3 above)  has 

been added 

.  a point  "fL. Outline  Design"  (referred  to under  points  3  and 4  above)  has been 

added together  with the  relevant  attachment  "NSV  Attachment  4" 

.  NSV  Attachment  1  (ITER  Detailed  Technical  Objectives)  has  been  slightly 

reworded 

(  . NSV Attachments  2 and 3  have not been amended) 

6. 

It is considered that the Community will have to continue to conduct its contribution 

to  the  ITER  EDA  in  the  context  of  its  overall  Next  Step  R&D  activities  so  as  to 

preserve its full capability to proceed towards the construction of a Next Step device 

either in the framework  of an international  collaborative  programme  or on its own. 

7. 

The  intended  cooperative  activities  are technically  compatible  with  the  guidelines 

relevant  to  controlled  thermonuclear  fusion  specific  objectives  laid  down  in  the 

Council political orientation of 22 December  1993 on the draft decision concerning 

a Framework Programme of Community activities in the field of research and training 

for the EAEC (1994-1998) and are financially compatible with the breakdown of the 

amount  deemed  necessary  for  Community  financial  participation  in  the  field  of 

controWed thermonuclear  fusion in that  draft decision. 

8. 

Protocol  2  will  have  to  be  concluded  by  the  Commission  in  conformity  with  the 

second  paragraph of  Article  101  of the Treaty  establishing  the EAEC. 

9. 

The  Commission  proposes  that  the  Council  adopt,  in  application  of  Article  101 

second paragraph, second phrase, of the Treaty establishing the EAEC, the Council 

Decision  attached  hereto  concerning  the  conclusion,  by  the  Commission,  of 

Protocol 2. 

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* > D  f t lf  T 
COUNCIL  DECISION 

of 

concerning  the  conclusion,  by  the  Commission,  of  Protocol  2  to  the  Agreement  among  the 

European Atomic Energy Community, the Government  of Japan, the Government  of the Russian 

Federation,  and  the  Government  of  the  United  States  of  America  on  cooperation  in  the 

Engineering  Design  Activities  (EDA)  for  the  International  Thermonuclear  Experimental  Reactor 

(ITER). 

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN  UNION, 

Having  regard  to  the  Treaty  establishing  the  European  Atomic  Energy  Community,  and  in 

particular  the  second  paragraph  of  Article  101  thereof, 

Having  regard to  the  draft  Decision submitted  by the  Commission, 

Whereas the Commission has, in accordance with the Council Directives of  10  December  1993, 

conducted  negotiations  on  Protocol  2 to  the  Agreement  among  the  European  Atomic  Energy 

Community,  the  Government  of  Japan,  the  Government  of  the  Russian  Federation,  and  the 

Government  of the United States of America on cooperation in the Engineering Design Activities 

for  the  International  Thermonuclear  Experimental  Reactor, 

Whereas the  conclusion, by  the  Commission,  of  Protocol  2 should  be approved; 

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS: 

Sole Article 

The conclusion,  by the  Commission,  for  and  on behalf  of  the  Community,  of  Protocol  2 to  the 

Agreement  among  the  European  Atomic  Energy  Community,  the  Government  of  Japan,  the 

Government  of the Russian Federation, and the Government  of the United States of America  on 

cooperation in the Engineering Design Activities for  the International Thermonuclear Experimental 

Reactor  is hereby approved. 

The  text  of  Protocol  2  is  annexed  to  this  Decision,  together  with  the  text  of  the  Co-Chairs' 

Summary  of  the  Negotiation  Meeting. 

Done at 

, 

For the  Council 
The  President 

ANNEX  I 

DRAFT 

PROTOCOL  2 

TO 

THE AGREEMENT AMONG THE EUROPEAN ATOMIC ENERGY COMMUNITY,  THE GOVERNMENT 
OF JAPAN, THE GOVERNMENT OF THE RUSSIAN  FEDERATION, AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE 
UNTIED STATES  OF AMERICA ON COOPERATION  IN THE ENGINEERING DESIGN ACTrvrnES FOR 
THE BNIERNATIONAL THERMONUCLEAR  EXPERIMENTAL  REACTOR 

The  European  Atomic  Energy  Community  (Euratom)»  the  Government  of  Japan,  the 
Government of the Russian Federation, and the Government of the linked States of America 
("the Parties"), 

HAVING REGARD to  the Agreement  on  Cooperation  in  the  Engineering  Design  Activities 
(EDA) for as  International Thermonuclear Experimental  Reactor (ITER), conchided among 
the Parties on July 21,1992 ("the Agreement"), and in particular to Article 3 thereof, 

HAVING INTTIATED the EDA under Protocol  1 to the Agreement, also conchided among the 
Parties on July 21,1992, and having the intent to complete jointly the EDA under Protocol 
2, 

HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS: 

Section  1 -  Scope 

The Parties shall complete jointly the activities identified in Article 2 of the Agreement. These 
activities shall be conducted in accordance with detailed technical objectives of ITER adopted 
pursuant to the provisions of the Agreement 

Section 2  -  Special Working Group 

A  Special Working Group shall be established  which, assisted by  the Drrector, shaH submit 
proposais to the Council on approaches to joint implementation for decisions  by the Parties 
on future coHStruetiGn, operation, exploitation and decommissioning of ITER, as specified in 
Article  2(e) ©f the Agreement. 

Section  3 -  Implementation  of  the Work Program 

(1)  The Director shall implement  the Work Program and its updatings after approval of 
the Council  in accordance with the schedules provided therein for the various tasks. 

(2)  The  technical  description  of  a  task,  the  task  assignment,  and  the  terms  and 
conditions  of  its  execution,  developed  in  conformance  with  guidelines  for 
implementation  of  task  assignments  established  by  the  Council,  shall  form  the 
subject  of  a  Task  Agreement.  The  Task  Agreement  shall  be  drawn  up  by  the 
Director and signed by the Director and the Leader of the Home Team to whom the 
task has been assigned.  Task Agreements shall be concluded in accordance with the 
approved Work Program and its updatings. 

(3)  Each  Home  Team  Leader  shall  ensure  that  access,  for  the  purpose  of  interaction, 
monitoring of  work  in progress  and evaluation  of  quality  control,  to  the sites and 
premises where a task assigned to a Home Team is being carried out, as well  as to 
the personnel  performing  and documents  concerning the task,  is not  unreasonably 
denied  either to the Director or to members  of  the  Joint Central  Team authorized 
by  the  Director.  The  Home  Team  Leader shall  be  notified  in a timely fashion  of 
such  intended  access. The  detailed  arrangements  for  this access  shall  be  specified 
in the Task Agreement. 

Section  4 -  Secondment  Agreements 

(1)  For the purposes of this Section, 

"Seconding  Party" means  the  Party  which  makes  a  person  available  to  the Joint 
Central  Team  in  accordance  with  Article  8(2)  of  the  Agreement,  irrespective  of 
whether that Party is the employer or not of  that person; 

"Seconded  Person" or  "Seconded  Personnel"  means  one  or  several  persons  made 
available  by the Seconding  Party to the Joint Central Team. 

(2)  After the selection of a person in accordance with Article 8(2) of the Agreement, the 
employer  of  that person  shall  second  such  person without  any undue delay  to the 
Joint  Central  Team.  In  respect  of  each  Seconded  Person  a  specific  Secondment 
Agreement  shall  be  drawn  up  by  the  Director  and  signed  by  the  Director,  the 
Seconded Person, that person's employer and the entity operating the Joint Work Site 
to which that person shall be assigned.  If the employer and the Seconding Party arc 
different  entities, the Seconding  Party shall  endorse the Secondment  Agrecmcnt(s) 
to indicate it has made the Seconded  Personnel  available to the Joint Central Team 
as described  in Article  8(2) of  the Agreement. The Secondment  Agreement  for the 
Director shall  be co-signed  by the Chair of  the Council. 

The  Secondment  Agreement  shall  state  the  work  and  the  Joint  Work  Site  to  which 
the Seconded  Person shall  be assigned,  that person's reporting responsibility, and that 
the  Seconded  Person  and that person's  employer  will  comply  with  the  provisions  of 
Articles  8(2)  and  15  of  the  Agreement  and  of  this  paragraph  to  the  extent  they 
concern the secondment,  and that the Seconded  Person will comply  with the internal 
rules regarding safety  and security  to be observed on the premises  of the Joint Work 
Site. The duration of a Secondment  Agreement  may not exceed  that of this Protocol. 

Section  5  -  Termination  of  the  Work  and  Final  Reporting 

When approving the Work  Program  and its annual  updatings, the Council, assisted  by  the 
Director,  shall provide  for a timely  and coordinated  termination  of  the work  to be carried 
out under the Agreement  including the final reporting; if actions by  the Parties are needed 
or  otherwise  appropriate,  then  the  Council,  assisted  by  the  Director,  shall  make  suitable 
proposals. 

Section  6  -  Resources 

The resources required for the implementation  of this Protocol shall  be made available by 
the  Parties  in  accordance  with  the  applicable  provisions  of  the  Agreement. 

Section  7  -  Duration 

This  Protocol shall enter into force upon signature of  the  Parties and shall remain in  force 
for  the  duration  of  the  Agreement 

Done  at 

, on 

in  quadruplicate. 

For the  European Atomic  Energy  Community: 

For  the  Government of  Japan: 

For  the  Government  of  the  Russian  Federation: 

For  the  Government  of  the  United  States  of  America: 

ANNEX H 

Co-Chairs'  Summary  of the  Negotiation  Meeting. 

The  four  ITER  delegations,  pleased  to hear statements  from  all sides  with  expressions  of 

willingness  to  conclude  the  negotiation,  agreed  to  submit  to  their  authorities  the  two 

attachments with a view  to concluding Protocol  2 of the ITER EDA Agreement  as soon as 

possible  . 

Negotiators' Initials: 

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Date 

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Place 

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DRAFT  PROTOCOL  2 TO THE ITER  EDA AGREEMENT 

AS  GIVEN  IN ANNEX  I  TO THE PRESENT  COUNCIL  DECISION 

NEGOTIATORS'  SHARED  VIEWS 

At  the  conclusion  of  their  work  on  the  final  draft  of  Protocol  2  on  this  date,  the 
negotiators  shared  the  following  views: 

JL 

Detailed  Technical  Objectives 

Detailed  technical  objectives  of  ITER  referred  to  in  Section  1  of  Protocol  2  arc 
adopted  by  the  Parties  acting  through  the  Council.  The  Council  adopted  those  detailed 
technical  objectives  on  December  15-16,  1992. (Attachment  1) 

__, 

Guidelines  for  Implementation  of  Task  Assignments 

The  Guidelines  for  Implementation  of  Task  Assignments  referred  to  in  Section  3  of 
Protocol  2  are  adopted  by  the  Council.  The  Council  adopted  such  Guidelines  on  April  22, 
1993  .  (Attachment  2) 

l_ 

Secondment  Agreements 

The  Secondment  Agreements  referred  to  in  Section  4  of  Protocol  2  should  be  as 
uniform  as practicable  and reflect  the Guidelines  for  Secondment  Agreements, set  forth  in  the 
attachment  hereto.  (Attachment  3) 

If  the  Seconding  Party  is not  the employer  of  the Seconded  Person,  it will  use  its  best 
efforts  to  ensure  that  the  employer  of  the  said  Seconded  Person  complies  with  the  provisions 
of  Section  4  of  Protocol  2  and  the  Guidelines. 

4. 

Financing 

With  regard  to  Section  6  of  Protocol  2: 

(1) 

each  Party  will  bear  its  costs  relating  to: 
a) 

the  participation  of  its  members  and  experts  in  the  work  and  the  meetings  of 
the Council, the TAC,  the  MAC, and  the  SWGs,  including  the costs  for  travel 
and  subsistence; 
the  secondment  of  its  personnel  to  the  Joint  Work  Sites; 
the execution  of  tasks  assigned  to  its  Home  Team  in  accordance  with  Section 
3  of  Protocol  2;  and 
the organization  of workshops  taking place on its territory  and the  participation 
of  its  Home  Team  personnel  in  workshops,  including  travel  expenses  and 
subsistence; 

b) 
c) 

d) 

(2) 

in applying Article  14 of the Agreement,  the  Council  will  take account  of the  overall 
level  of  resources  that  each  Host  Party  has  offered  as  support  for  its  Joint  Work 
Site; 

(3) 

other  expenditures,  considered  by  the  Council  to  l>e necessary  for  the  satisfactory 
completion  of  Protocol  2,  will  be  financed  through  the  Joint  Fund. 

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5.  Monitoring of the ITER EDA 

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The coherence between the general constraints set out  in Section  1  of 
Attachment  1  and progress of work shall be validated on a yearly basis, pursuant to 
Article  16 of the Agreement. In particular, the technical  approaches and the accuracy 
of the assessment of the cost of construction of ITER shall be verified,  as foreseen  at 
point  1(0 of Annex A to the Agreement, also on the basis of domestic data related to 
the main components of the facility. These evaluations may lead the ITER Council to 
readjust,  if necessary, the constraints or the technical solutions. 

6. Outline Design 

The Council has endorsed the TAC-4 response that  "the outline design 

[Attachment 4]  will provide a sound  basis for continued engineering design work 
after (1) modest further  optimization of the major  machine parameters to provide a 
reserve against cost increases, (2) modification  of the engineering approache  in 
certain areas, and (3) a broadening of technical capabilities so as to achieve greater 
operational  flexibility." 

NSV  Attachment 

ITER Detailed  Technical Objectives 

1- General  Constraints 

The  ITER detailed  technical  objectives approaches,  including  appropriate 
margins, should be compatible with the aim of maintaining  the cost of  the 
device within  the limits comparable to those indicated  in the final  report 
of the ITER CDA  as well as keeping its impact in  long-range  fusion 
research  and  development. 

ITER  should be designed  to operate safely  and to demonstrate the  safety 
and environmental  potential of fusion  power. 

2. Performance  and  Testing 

Plasma  Performance 

ITER should have a confinement  capability  to reach controlled  ignition. 
The estimates of confinement  capability of ITER should be based, as in 
the CDA procedure, on established  favourable  modes of  operation. 

ITER  should 

* 

demonstrate controlled  ignition and extended  burn for a duration 
sufficient  to achieve stationary  conditions  on all  time  scales 
characteristic  of plasma  process and  plasma  wall  interactions,  and 
sufficient  for  achieving  stationary  conditions  for  nuclear testing  of 
blanket components. This can be fulfilled  by pulses with  flat  top 
duration  in the range of  1000s. For testing  particular  blanket 
designs/pulses  of approximately  2000s are desirable. 

* 

aim  at demonstrating  steady  state operation  using  non-inductive 
current  drive  in reactor-relevant  plasmas. 

Engineering  Performance  and  Testing 

rniR should 

demonstrate  the availability of technologies csscniial  for a fusion  reactor (sue: .?• 
superconducting magncis and remote maintenance); 

test components for a reactor (such as systems  to exhaust power and panic!'-5 from 
the plasma); 

test design concepts of tritium breeding  blankets relevant  to a reactor.  The tests 
foreseen on modules include the demonstration of a breeding capability that would 
lead to tritium self-sufficiency  in a reactor, the extraction of high-grade heat, and 
electricity generation. 

3 

Design  Requirements 

The choice of parameters of the basic device should be consistent  with margins that give 
confidence in achieving the required plasma and engineering performance. The design should 
be sufïïcicntfy flexible to provide 2xxcss for the introduction of advanced features and new 
capabilities, and to allow for.oprimising plasma performance during operation.  The design 
should be confirmed by the scientific and technological database available at the end of the 
EDA. 

An  inductive pulse flat-top  capability, under ignited conditions, of  approximately  1000s 
should be provided.  In view of the ultimate goal of steady state operation, ITER should be 
designed to be compatible with non-inductive current drive, and the heating system required 
for ignition in the first phase of operation should have current drive capability. 

To carry out nuclear and  high heat flux component testing at conditions relevant to a fusion 
power reactor 

the average neutron wall loading should be about 1  MW/m2-. 
the machine  should  be designed  to be capable  of  at  least  lMWa/m2to carry out 
longer-time integral and materials tests. 

It is desirable to operate at higher flux and flucncc levels.  Within the engineering margins, 
the ITER designers should examine the implications and possibilities of exploiting a wider 
range of operational  regimes.  The design of  the permanent components  of the machine 
should  not preclude achieving flucncc  levels up to 3 MWa/m2.  For the second phase of 
operation, the design should include the capability of replacing the shield with a breeding 
blanket. 

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4 
"HJC ITER operation should he divided into two phases: 

llic  first  phase. the Basic Performance  Phase, is expected  to last a decade including a 
few  thousand  hours of full  DT operation.  This  phase  should  address the issues of 
controlled  ignition, extended burn, steady  state operation, and the testing of blanket 
modules.  It is assumed that for this phase there will be an adequate supply of tritium 
from external sources. 

Controlled  ignition experiments  in  ITER  will address confinement,  stability 
and  impurity  control  in  alpha  panicle  heated  plasmas.  Extended  burn 
experiments will address, in addition, the control of fusion  power production 
and plasma profiles, and the exhaust of helium ash. 

The  aim  of  current  drive  experiments  in  this  phase  should  be  the 
demonstration  of  steady  state  operation  in  plasmas  having  alpha  panicle. 
heating power at least comparable to the externally applied power.  Using the 
heating  systems  in  their current  drive  mode,  non-inductive  current  drive 
should  be implemented for profile  and burn control, for achieving modes of 
-improved  confinement,  and  for  assessing  the  conditions  and  power 
requirements for the above type of steady state operation.  Depending on the 
outcome of these experiments, additional current drive power may have to be" 
installed. 

Functional  tests of  blanket  modules  in  this  phase  should  consist  of  a  few 
thousand hours of integral burn time, in parallel with the physics programme, 
including continuous test campaigns of 3-6 days at a neutron wall loading of 
about  1  MW/m2. 

The  second  phase. Enhanced Performance  Phase, is also expected  to last a decade, 
with  emphasis  placed on improving overall  performance  and carrying out a higher 
flucncc component and materials testing programme.  This phase should address high 
availability  operation  and advanced  modes of  plasma  operation, and  may address 
reactor-relevant  blanket segment demonstration.  Operation during this phase should 
include  continuous testing campaigns lasting  1-2  weeks, and  should accumulate a 
flucncc  of at least  iMWa/m*. 

A decision on incorporating breeding for this phase should he decided on the basis of 
the availability of tritium from external sources, the results of breeder blanket testing, 
and experience with plasma aad machine pcWoflmance. 

The impkriKfltation of the Enhanced Performance Phase should be mapç following a review 
of the results from  the Basic Performance  Phase and an assessment of the relative value of 
the proposed elements of the programme. 

NSV  AU:»chiitv!i 

Guidelines  for 
Implementation  of Task  Assignments 

A, 

Approval  and  Revision  of Task  Agreements 

(1) 
Each Task  Agreement  exceeding 300 IUA in value shall  be  concluded  only  after  the 
task with its technical description and assignment  to a Party has been approved  by the ITER 
Council. 

Task  Agreements  equal  to  or  below  300  IUA  in  value  may  be  concluded  directly 
(2) 
between  the  Director  and  the  Home Team  Leader  concerned.  The  Director  shall  promptly 
inform  the other  three Home Team  Leaders of  such Task  Agreements. 

The  total  value  of  Task  Agreements  equal  to  or  below  300  IUA  assigned  by  the 
(3) 
mechanism  established  in  paragraph  (2)  above should  not  exceed  3,000  IUA in  any  period 
between  meetings  of MAC. 

Revisions to Task Agreements to incorporate minor technical changes within the scope 
(4) 
of  work  already  approved  by  the  Council  may  be  implemented  upon  agreement  of  the 
Director  and  the affected  Home Team  Leader. Task  scope  changes  up to a limit  of  +/-  300 
IUA or 20 %, whichever is smaller, per task may also be implemented upon agreement of the 
Director  and  the  Home  Team  Leader.  Tasks  concerning work  whose  results  are  no  longer 
required  may  be terminated  by  mutual  consent  of  the Director  and  the  Home Team  Leader 
affected;  the ITER credit for such tasks must be revised appropriately. All revisions other than 
1)  minor  technical  changes,  2)  scope  changes  less  than  or  equal  to  300  IUA,  and  3) 
termination  as  defined  above must  be approved  by the  Council  through  procedures  defined 
in the Agreement for new task assignments; in these cases, the Director shall adjust  the ITER 
credit  as appropriate. 

All  revisions or Task Agreements not requiring Council approval  must be reported  to 

(5) 
the  Council. 

.  .. 

B. 

Task  Identification,  Definition  and  Valuation 

In  identifying  and  defining  tasks,  the  following  guidelines  shall  apply: 

(1)  While  acting  in close  interaction  with  the  Home Team  Leaders  to  identify  tasks, the 
Director  shall  also  establish  the  ITER  credits  that  the  Parties  undertaking  the  tasks  would 
receive,  litis  interaction  should,  as  far  as  possible,  lead  to  a  common  understanding  on 
feasible,  effective  approaches  to  identification  and  definition  and  the  valuation  of  the tasks. 

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Before  the list  of these tasks is sent to the Home Team  Leaders for formal  response, 
(2) 
the  Director  should  inform  the  Home  Team  Leaders of  the  list  of  tasks together  with the 
credits  the  Party  undertaking  each  of  the  tasks  would  obtain; any  Party  with  an interest  in 
performing a task should rapidly inform the Director so that if more than one Party expresses 
such  an interest,  the  Director  shall,  in  close  interaction  with Home Team  Leaders,  identify 
how  these  interests  could  best  be  taken  into  account,  either  through  splitting  into  smaller 
tasks, parallel  efforts  or joint  efforts. 

(3)  Within two months after receipt from the Director of the list and technical description 
of  tasks, each Party shall for those tasks in which it has an interest, make a formal  response 
providing the following  information: 

(a)  a description of its capability to meet the specifications  and schedules as well 

as the availability  of necessary  resources,  facilities  and know-how, 

(b)  an indication of where the work would be performed; however, where it is not 
possible  to provide such  information  due to  the  iterative  nature of  a Party's 
contracting procedures, the Party shall  give  the Director an indication of the 
type  of  performing  institutions  likely  to  be  involved  with  final  notification 
immediately  upon selection  of the performing institutions, 

(c) 

an evaluation of the technical risk and, in case of high technical risk, possible 
suggestions  for parallel  efforts. 

(4) 
On the  basis  of  the  above  information  and of  the  guiding  principles  set  out  in 
Annex  B,1(Q  to the Agreement  and these  guidelines,  the Director  shall propose  in the 
Work  Program  to  be  submitted periodically  by the  Director  to  the  Council  pursuant  to 
Article  11 of  the Agreement,  the assignment  of  tasks to each of  the Home Teams. 

(5) 
In  concluding  particular  Task  Agreements,  consideration  will  be  given  by  the 
Director to including in the ITER credit the relevant work that pertains to those tasks and 
was  initiated by the Party after the signature of  the ITER EDA Agreement and Protocol 
1. 

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(6)  Within each-task system area, there should be a reasonable balance of tasks shared 
among the Parties. In assessing this balance, the qualitative characteristics  of the tasks to 
be assigned, e.g.,  the nature of test facilities  and the level  of  technology, should be.taken 
into account. 

(7)  Where no Party expresses an interest  in performing  a patticular task, the Director 
shall,  through close  interaction with the Home Team  Leaders, attempt  to interest at least 
one of the Parties. If the Director fails to interest one of the Parties, he may appeal to the 
ITER  Council,  in accordance  with Article ?A  (1). 

(8) 
For  some  individual  tasks, parallel  efforts  by  more  than  one  Patty  may  be justified 
because  of  high  perceived  technical  risk  or  uncertainty,  which  could  involve  staged 
assignments. 

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The ITER Director shall, in close interaction with the Home Team Leaders, ensure 
(9) 
that the disaggregation  of work  into tasks covered by Task Agreements docs not exceed 
what is necessary to ensure an efficient  execution of  the work, bearing in mind the need 
to ensure  a reasonable sharing of  the work  between the Parties.  Each Task  Agreement 
shall  describe  a  reasonable,  coherent,  self-contained  scope  of  work  wan  well  defined 
interfaces. 

(10)  The distribution of design work between the JCT and the Home Teams should, in 
general, respect fee principle that the JCT should perform only  that work which can be 
more appropriately  performed  by a central team. The total  ITER credit for design tasks 
assigned to the Home Teams is understood to be the equivalent of about 500 Professional 
Person Years. 

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Selection Criteria 

(1) 
Expressions of interest to perform  a task should be considered for selection only 
if  they  document  the capability  to meet  the specifications  and schedules  as well  as the 
availability of accessary facilities and know-how. 

Before rejecting any expression of interest on the grounds that the technical requirements 
axe not satisfied,  the ITER Director shall  inform the relevant Home Team  Leader, who 
for a short period will be given the opportunity to revise the  Party's proposal. 

The selection from among those expressions of  interest mat meet these technical 

(2) 
requirements shall be based primarily on : 

(a) 

technical experience and capability of the proposed implementing institutions, 

(b) 

technical risk of the proposed approach, and 

(c)  demonstrated understanding of  the technical  and managerial requirements. 

Other factors, such as the need to maintain a reasonable balance of tasks in a task system 
area,  the  priorities -assigned by the  Parties to  the work, or the  quality  of  the  proposed 
approach, should be taken  into account as appropriate. 

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D. 

Role of  MAC 

MAC shall  meet  as  frequently  as  necessary  to  ensure  that  the  Director's  proposals arc 
acted  upon  quickly  between  Council  meetings.  Electronic  and  other  communications 
should  be  used  to  ensure  rapid  approval  by  the  Council  of  MACs  unanimous 
lecomrociidations; other cases require Council  approval  according to the normal Council 
Rules of Procedure-

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E. 

Inadequate Performance  by a Party on Design and  R&D Tasks 

(1) 

Inadequate performance  by a Party on a task assigned  to it is defined  as the Home 
Team's inability to make adequate progress toward completing the task as specified 
in the Task Agreement or the Home Team's inability to achieve an adequate standard 
of  design or workmanship in performing the task. 

Each  Task  Agreement  should  contain  a  standard  article  describing  the  broad 
principles concerning inadequate performance  contained herein. 

(2)  When  a  Home  Team  Leader  becomes  aware  of  the  possibility  of  inadequate 
performance  on  a  task  assigned  to  his  Party,  he  shall  immediately  notify  the 
Director. 

(3) 

If  the Director considers  there to be a likelihood of  inadequate performance  on a 
task,  the  Director  shall  issue  a  formal  "notice of  inadequate  performance"  to  the 
Home Team Leader concerned  specifying: 

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why the Director considers there might be inadequate performance, on the task; 
and 
a  reasonable  period  within  which  the  Home  Team  concerned  should 
demonstrate,  to the Director's satisfaction,  that  adequate performance  can be 
achieved. 

For tasks assigned  to the Parties whose  credit  is  equal  to  or below  300  IUA, the 
Director may then proceed directly to reassign the task to another Party. 

(4)  For tasks whose credit exceeds 300 IUA, a copy of the formal notice  of inadequate 

performance  shall be sent to the Council for  information. 

If,  at the end of the period specified  in the notice, adequate performance cannot be 
demonstrated, the Director shall make a proposal  concerning the future of  the task 
to the Council. 

(5)  When the, Director, having followed the procedure in (4), proposes to re-assign part 
or  all  of  a  task  to  another  Party,  his  proposal  to  the  Council'shall  identify  the 
following: 

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- 
- 

the work to be re-assigned,  and its relationship  to the original  task; 
the Party to whom the work will  be re-assigned; 
the number of  ITER credits to be re-assigned; 
the information and hardware and equipment  to be provided by the inadequate 
performing  Party  relative  to  the  work  completed;  business  confidential 
information  that  had  already  been  provided  to  the  JCT  with  an  obligation 
concerning  its  confidentiality  shall  be  provided  to  the  Party  taking  over  the 
task; business confidential  information  that  had not been provided to the JCT 
need not be transferred  to the Party  taking over the task. 

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(6)  Where  a  task  has  been  reassigned  or  cancelled  in  whole  or  in  part  following 
inadequate  performance,  the  Director  shall  make  every  effort  to  assign  remaining 
ITER task  in a manner  that  maintains the  principle of  approximately  equal  sharing 
of  tasks  as  defined  in  Annex  B.  In doing  so,  no  work  will  be  withdrawn  from  a 
Party performing  that work  satisfactorily. 

F.  Reuse of  Facilities and Other Assets Resulting from a completed Task Agreement 

In his call  to the Parties for expressions  of  interest  in a task,  the Director shall  include, 
when  appropriate,  an element  dealing  with  any  reuse  for  the  facilities  and  other assets 
resulting from completion of such a Task Agreement within the EDA period. Any specific 
article within the Task Agreement shall be negotiated by the Director and the Home Team 
Leader(s) concerned. 

Terminology 

The  following  definitions  arc  used  in  the  development  of  the  guidelines  for  the 
implementation of task assignments. 

Task -  that work which is performed  by the Joint Central Team (JCT) or a Home Team. 
A task which is assigned to a Home Team is the subject of a Task Agreement, of which 
there  may  be  hundreds. A  task  assigned  to one  Home  Team  may  involve  other Home 
Teams. 

Task System Area -  a group of tasks that comprise a natural ITER system, of which there 
may be ten(s). 

Task  Assignment  -  the process  by which tasks are assigned  to each of  the Home Teams 
and the JCT. 

Task  Agreement  -  the agreement document that contains the technical description of the 
task,  the  results  of  the  task  assignment  process,  and  the  terms  and  conditions  of  its 
execution. 

Staged Assignment—  an approach to assigning those tasks whose technical complexity  or 
risk  warrants  a  step-by-step  assignment  process  in  which  conceptualising,  designing, 
developing,  and  testing  (or  other  steps)  may  be successively  assigned  either  to the. same 
Party  or  multiple  Parties  or  to  a narrowing  set  of  Parties  in  which  case  the  initial  tasks 
involve  multiple  Parties  but subsequent  tasks are  refined  to  involve  fewer  Parties. 

Design Tasks  -  those tasks needed  to carry  out the design (both  engineering and  physics 
design)  activities  to  be  assigned  to  both  the  JCT  and  Home  Teams,  and  whose  cost 
estimate was included within the estimated 250 million January  1989 US$ for design work 
in  the  Final  Report  of  the  ITER  Conceptual  Design  Activities  (CDA). 

TgclmoLogy  R&D  Tasks  -  those  tasks  supporting  the  design  which  include  the  Basic 
Technology  R&D and  the  Specific  Engineering  R&D as defined  in  the above mentioned 
Final  Report  and  whose  total  cost  was  estimated  to  be about  750  million  January  1989 
US$ (400 and  350  million  respectively)  in  that  Report. 

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Work  Program  -  introduced  in  Article  11, the  Work  Program  is  understood  to  be  an 
evolving  document  receiving  regular refinement  throughout  the EDA. 

ITER  Credits  -  the  value  in  ITER  Units  of  Account  (IUA)  [equivalent  to  1000  US$ at 
January  1989  values]  attributed  to  a  particular  design  or  technology  R&D  task  by  the 
ITER  Director  at the time the task  is sent to the Home Team  Leaders with  a request  for 
expressions of interest. The only corrections to this value will be those related to changes 
in  the  scope  of  the  task.  The  sum  of  all  such  credits  should  be  comparable  with  the 
estimates  in  the Final  Report  of the CDA. 

April  22,1993 

Adopted  by the Council 

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NSV  Attachment 3 

GUIDELINES FOR SECONDMENT AGREEMENTS 

(a)  The Seconded Personnel shall remain employees of their existing 

employers and  the contract of employment between the Seconded Personnel 
and its employer shall subsist during the secondment.  The employer 
shall continue to pay its Seconded Personnel their salaries and other 
related expenditure such as social charges, allowances, fees and cost 
reimbursement  according to the legislation and rules applicable to the 
employer; 

(b)  The employer  shall ensure that accident insurance and other insurance in 

favor of the Seconded Person which exist by virtue of the conditions of 
employment  remain valid during the secondment to the Joint Central Team. 
The employer will immediately inform its responsible departments and its 
insurers of the secondment.  If an existing insurance protection of the 
Seconded Person is affected, the employer will be responsible for re 
establishing  an equivalent insurance protection; 

(c)  During  the secondment,  the leave regulations of the employer will be 
valid and shall be ocronunicated to the Director.  The timing and 
duration of leave during  the secondment shall be arranged with the 
Director who shall notify the employer.  In accordance with paragraph 
(b),  the regulations of the. existing employer in regard to sick leave 
shall remain valid during the period of the secondment; and, 

(d)  The employer  of  the  Seconded Personnel shall, with regard to the 

careers of its Seconded Personnel, give due consideration to the 
performance of  these Seconded Personnel during their secondment  to the 
Joint Central Team. 

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OUTLINK  DESIGN 

NSV  Attachment 4 

The  Council  took  note  of  the  TAC  Report  on  the  Outline  Design  and,  by  endorsing  a 
recommendation  made  by  TAC,  considered  that  the  Outline  Design  Report  constitutes  an 
acceptable basis for consideration by the Parties to proceed toward the conclusion of Protocol 2, 
although it is recognized that the detailed technical design will have to evolve in order to address 
the concerns  that have been identified  by TAC. 

Consequently,  the  Council  asks  the  Director  to  address  each  of  the  recommendations  on  the 
Outline Design  in the TAC Report. 

In particular, as recommended by the TAC, the Council requests the Director and JCT to conduct 
a  sensitivity  analysis  to  determine  the  optimum  way  to  achieve  a  reduction  in  cost  while 
minimizing  the impact on the performance margin. 

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ITER OUTLINE DF.SIGN 

I 

INTRODUCTION 
This  report  describes  the  Outline  Design  for  ITER  developed  during  the  first 
eighteen  months  of  the  ITER  EDA.  A  coherent  design  has  been  developed  which 
satisfies  with  appropriate  safety  margins  the  agreed  programmatic  and  detailed 
technical  objectives  of  ITER.  The  estimated  cost  of  constructing  ITER  for  the  Basic 
Performance Phase  is within limits comparable  to those indicated  in the final report of 
the ITER CDA. , 

The  Outline  Design  now  provides  a  basis  for  the  continued  engineering  design 
work,  for  focusing  ITER  research  and  development  and  for  other  related  activities 
within the scope of the ITER EDA Agreement. 

II  PROGRAMMATIC AND TECHNICAL OBJECTIVES 

The overall programmatic objective of ITER, as defined in the ITER EDA Agreement, 
is to demonstrate the scientific and  technological  feasibility of fusion energy for peaceful 
purposes.  ITER  would  accomplish  this  by  demonstrating  controlled  ignition  and 
extended burn of deuterium-tritium plasmas, with steady state as an ultimate goal,  by 
demonstrating  technologies  essential  to  a  reactor  in  an  integrated  system,  and  by 
performing integrated testing of the high-heat-flux and nuclear components required  to 
utilize fusion energy for practical purposes. 

Detailed  technical objectives  along with  the  technical  approaches  to determine  the 
best practicable way  to achieve the prograrrimatic objective of ITER have been adopted 
by the ITER Council, under the terms of Protocol 1 of the ITER EDA Agreement. 

The main characteristics and parameters of  the Outline Design for ITER follow  from 
the agreed programmatic  and detailed  technical objectives.  The statement of  detailed 
technical  objectives  establishes  two  phases  of  operation  as  necessary  to  meet  the 
programmatic  objective,  the  Basic Performance  Phase  and  an  Enhanced  Performance 
Phase.  The Outline  Design provides  the design for Basic Performance  and allows  for a 
future  incorporation  of  features which could  be needed  to achieve  the objectives of  the 
Enhanced Performance  Phase. 

The size, configuration  and performance of  the plasma in the Outline  Design are set 
to meet  the objective of demonstrating controlled  ignition providing  an inductive  pulse 
flat-top  capability,  under  ignited  conditions,  of  approximately  of  1000s.  The 
characteristics of  the in-vessel components  and  the overall scale of  the Tokamak  follow 
from  this objective and  from  the design objectives set for carrying out  nuclear and  high 
heat flux  component  tests at conditions relevant to a fusion power  reactor. 

The Outline  Design  incorporates  safety  and  technical  margins  consistent  with  this 

major step in Fusion  development. 

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Ill  MAIN  ELEMENTS OFTHE  OUTLINE  DESIGN 

///.I  Principal  Parameters 

The principal  parameters  of  the Outline  Design  for  ITER are  listed  in Table 1: 

Table 1 Principal Parameters of the ITER Outline  Design 

Fusion  Power  (nominal) 
Burn Time  (nominal) 
Plasma  Current 
Major  Radius  (nominal)* 
Plasma  Minor Radius (maximum) 
Elongation 
Divertor  Configuration 
Toroidal Field  (at nominal major  Radius) 
Toroidal  field  ripple  at  plasma  edge  ± 2% 
(maximum) 
* The nominal major radius is the barycenter of the standard  plasma  configuration. 

1.5 GW 
1000 seconds 
24 MA 
7.7 m 
3.0 m-  ' 
1.6 
Single  Null 
6 Tesla 

The  main  features  of  the  Outline  Design  are  shown  in  cross-section  and  in  3-D  in 

Figures  1 and  2 below. 

III.2  Physics Basis 

Physics studies of  the core of the plasma, based on statistical analysis and scaiings of 
experimental  results  from  leading  fusion  devices,  indicate  that  the  Outline  Design 
provides  good  assurance  of  sustained  and  controlled  ignition  under  a  range  of 
conditions  and  operating  scenarios.  The ignition  domain  is resilient  to the key  areas of 
physics  uncertainties  -  achievable  plasma  confinement,  plasma  impurity  levels  and 
thermal  helium  removal.  The  overall  machine  parameters  are  set  at  the  minimum  size 
necessary  to  provide  reasonable  safety  margins  and  to  avoid  the  risk  of  harm  from 
instabilities or  disruptions. 

IIL3  Superconducting  Coils and Meclmnical Structure 

The  ITER objectives  dictate the  use in ITER of  Superconducting  magnet  technology. 
The  design  of  the.  overall  magnet  system  is  integrated  with  that  of  the  mechanical 
structure  in  order  to  minimize  stress  under  the  planned  operating  conditions.  The 
system  comprises  24 toroidal  field  coils, a central solenoid  and  six external poloidal  field 
coils.  The  toroidal  coils  are  bucked  on  the  central  solenoid  in  order  to  provide  the 
maximum  volt second  capability  and  a balance of electromechanical  forces. The  toroidal 
field  coils are layer  wound  allowing for structural  stiffness  to be  provided  by steel  shear 
plates  between  each  conductor  layer.  The central  solenoid  is  also  layer  wound  with  a 
thick-walled  conductor  which  provides  the  necessary  structural  strength.  The  poloidal 
coil  system  is  flexible  enough  to  accommodate  a  wide  variety  of  plasma  configuration 
which  could  be of  interest  in  the  Enhanced  Performance  Phase. 

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Solenoid 
CS 

10-\ 

-5H 

-10 

-15\ 

Toroidal 
Coi  I 

Field 

Upper  Port 
Closeout 

Poloidal 
Coil  PF3 

Field 

Shield 

Mechanical 
Structure 

Removable  Shield 
for  R.H  Access 

Removable 
Shield  module 

Vacuum  Vessel 

Poloidal 
Coil  PF4 

Field 

Divertor 

Poloidal 
Coil  PF5 

Field 

Poloidal 
Coil  PF6 

Field 

Machine 
Structure 

Support 

~20 

METRES 

Figure 1 

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IUA  Vacuum  Vessel 

The  Vacuum  Vessel  is  a  double  wall  structure  fabricated  from  24  toroidally 
continuous segments, welded  between ports and filled  with metal  balls and  coolant. It 
also  acts  as  a  shielding  component  and  containment  structure.  Access  ports  are 
provided  at  three  levels,  upper  (for  shield/blanket  installation  and  replacement) 
equatorial (for hearing and current drive, blanket module  testing, remote handling  and 
diagnostics), and lower (for divertor operations, pumping). 

UIJ5  .  First Wall and  Shield-Blanket 

The First Wall  forms  a part of  a low temperature (<  200° C), water-cooled  shield-
blanket using conventional structural materials.  The principal material is stainless steel; 
copper is used for the high heat flux surfaces so as to ensure good safety margins at the 
reference wall loading for  the Basic Performance Phase.  The shield-blanket is  divided 
into separate  inboard  and  outboard  components  and  subdivided  toroidally  to  allow 
installation and  replacement  through the upper access ports.  The  first  wall  is  coated 
with low-Z material. 

The  test blanket  modules  are installed  through the  outer port. They  are  operated 

separately from the shield-blanket and could be removed independendy. 

Provision  is  made  in  the  Outline  Design for  a  future  incorporation  of  a  breeding 
blanket which  could  be  needed  to meet  the objectives  of  the  Enhanced  Performance 
Phase. The shield aitd blanket are both self supporting, independent  components. 

JIf.6  Divertor- 

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The Outline Design  incorporates an advanced  divertor concept  in  which  power  is 
transferred from the plasma edge to the walls of the divertor chamber before it reaches 
the  divertor  plates.  The  divertor  comprises  a  modular  structure  with  each  module 
containing  a  cooled  array  of  baffles  to  intercept  the  power.  The  coolant  used  is 
compatible with that of shielding blanket 

UIJ  Heating and Current Drive 

About 50 MW of additional heating is provided in the Outline Design. The design  is 
based on Ion Cyclotron Radio Frequency waves but is compatible with other  forms  of 
heating  and  current-drive  such  as  Electron  Cyclotron  waves  and  Neutral  Beam 
Injection. ICRF design  is such  that the antenna is able to launch a travelling wave  (fast 
wave) with current.drive capability. The total power could  be increased  up to 100 MW 
or more without changing the antenna. 

UlS  Cryostat 

The cryostat is a filled,  double-walled  steel structure  which acts also as a  shielding 

component and containment structure. 

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III.1.)  Safely  and  environment 

The  ITER  experimental  device  will  be  the  first  fusion  facility  integrating  major 
elements  of  a  thermonuclear  reactor.  ITER  is  designed  to  operate  safely  and  to 
demonstrate  the  safety  and  environmental  potential  of  fusion  power.  Specific  features 
of  the Outline  Design  include: 

-  fast  fuel  recycling to minimize tritium  inventory; 

-  several barriers of confinement  for radioactive  materials  including  the 

blanket-shield,  the Vacuum  Vessel and  the Cryostat; 

-  incorporation  of technical and  physics margins. 

Analysis  to  date  shows  that  the  the Outline  Design  is  consistent  with  the  anticipated 
regulatory limits for routine as well as accidental exposure  to the public. 

XV  ESTIMATED  COSTS OF  CONSTRUCTION 

On  the  basis  of  work  done  to date, the costs of  constructing  ITER  according  to  the 
Outiine  Design  are estimated  at 5.6Bn US Dollars (Jan 1989 values).  A preliminary  cost 
breakdown in main components are listed in Table 2. 

Table 2 ITER Outline Design - Estimated Costs of Construction 

% 

in Million US Dollars Qan 1989 values) 

Superconducting Magnet Systems 
Vacuum vessel, blanket, divertor 
Cryostat, cryoplant, vacuum and heat transport 
Heating, fuelling, power supply and other plant 
Buildings and Structures 
Assembly  Equipment and Assembly 
Sub-Total 
C o n t i n g e n cy p^jj 
Total 

1733 
495 
580 
799 
590 
470 
4667 
^ 
5600 

The  cost  estimate  is  based  on  the  specific  features  of  the  design  which  meets  the 
technical  objectives  of  the  Basic  Performance  Phase  and  does  not  include  the  ITER 
Team.  The  estimates  are  indicative  at  at  this  early  stage  of  the  Project  and  will  be 
updated  as the  work  of  the EDA proceeds. Firm cost data  can only be determined  when 
the detailed design, including industrial cost estimates, is complete. 

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FICHE  SME 

Impact  on Small and Medium-Sized  Enterprises  (SMEs) 

The Community R&D contribution envisaged under Protocol  2 will be implemented through 
work placed through the Contracts  of Association and the  NET Agreement as foreseen in 
the  proposed  Commission  Decision  concerning  the  implementation  of  the  Fusion 
Programme. 

Where  it  is  necessary  for  industry  to  supply  equipment  and  services  required  for  the 
implementation  of  the Contracts  of  Association or the  NET Agreement,  the  Associations 
and NET have procedures for inviting European firms to tender for such supplies.  For large 
contracts,  firms  from  all  Member  States  (plus  Sweden  and  Switzerland)  are  invited  to 
tender, the eventual contractor  being selected as the tenderer  with the lower cost capable 
of  meeting  the technical specification. 

There  are,  in  general,  no  specific  provisions  for  SMEs  in  these  calls  for  tender,  since 
technically competent SMEs are invited to participate to each call for tender as appropriate. 
Recently,  however,  in the  system  of  qualification  of  European  firms  within  technologies 
specific  to  fusion  and  essential  for  the  Next  Step  in  fusion  research  (OJ  N°  C 68, 
11.03.93,  p.  15),  it  has  been  agreed  that  due  regard  to  SMEs  will  be  taken  when 
establishing  the  lists of  firms  or grouping  of firms to  be invited to  tender  for  work  in  the 
Next  Step technologies. 

The  Commission  is  currently  setting  up  a  Fusion  Industry  Committee,  consisting  of 
representatives  from within the Fusion programme and from  European industry, to act as 
a  point  of  contact  between  the  Programme  and industry  and to  advise  the  Commission 
through the Consultative Committee for the Fusion Programme, on fusion-industry matters. 
The interests  of SMEs will be represented on this Committee. 

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