ITER Fusion: An Energy Source for the Planet

Joseph L. OnstottITER Organization

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Growing World Energy DemandM

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Millions of oil-equivalent barrels per day)

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World Oil Dependence

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Renewable Energy – The Solution?

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Fusion: Harnessing the Energy of the Sun

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The Nuclear Fission Reaction

Uranium 235

Krypton 92

Barium 141

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The Nuclear Fusion Reaction

Deuterium

Tritium

Helium

Neutron

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Fusion in the News

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Discovery of Fusion

Sir Arthur EddingtonAlbert Einstein9

Fusion - The Power of the Sun

Hans BetheFritz Houtermans

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The Manhattan Project – Atomic Weapons Research

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The “Perhapsatron”

James L. Tuck 12

Tokamak (тороидальная камера с магнитными катушками)

Igor Tamm Andrei Sakharov

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Tokamak Fusion Test Reactor (TFTR)

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National Spherical Tokamak Experiment (NSTX)

TF Coils and Heating System

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JAERI Tokamak 60 (JT-60)

Disassembled TF Coils16

Tore Supra

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Korean Superconducting Tokamak Advanced Research (KSTAR)

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Joint European Torus (JET)

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Other Fusion Devises

Inertial Confinement Stellarator

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Fusion: The Next Steps

Tokamak 1

TFTR NSTX

JT-60 JT-60SA

Tore Supra

KSTAR

JET

ITER DEMO Power Production

Advances in Fusion Research

Advances in Fusion Technologies and Materials

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The ITER Project: “The Way” to New Energy

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ITER Project Objectives

Power Output Greater than 10 X Power Input Q≥10

Burning Plasma of at least 500 Seconds

Develop Technologies, Infrastructure, and Process for Fusion Power

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ITER Project Objectives

JET

ITER

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ITER Member Contributions

Toroidal Field Coils (18)

Poloidal Field Coils (6)

Cryostat

Thermal Shield

Vacuum Vessel

Feeders (31)

DivertorCentral Solenoid (6)Correction Coils (18)

Blanket

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ITER Project Organization

Russia

China

United States

KoreaEuropean Union

Japan ITER Organization

India

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ITER Challenges - Project Schedule

Building Construction

Assembly & Installation

Integrated Commissioning

Vacuum Vessel

Central Solenoid

2021 2022 2023 2024

TF Coils

2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020

2010 First Plasma (FP) 2012 FP

2010 Baseline2012 BaselineIndicative Forecast

2014 FP

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ITER Challenges - Great East Japan Earthquake

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ITER – “A Social Project Occasionally Interrupted by Technical Difficulties”

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Construction Progress

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Tokamak Complex

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Radial Plates

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Magnet Feeders

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Cryostat

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Niobium-Tin (Nb3Sn) Superconducting Wire

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Thermal Shield

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Superconducting Magnet Strand

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Cooling Water Drain Tanks

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Manufacturing

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ITER: Transitioning from Construction to Assembly

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1. Final Design

2. Construction

and Manufacturing

3. Assembly

4. Testing & Commissioning

5. First Plasma

6. DT Operations

ITER: A Summary

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