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Magnet Design for the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor

Richard J. Thome

Fusion Science and Technology / Volume 26 / Number 3P2 / November 1994 / Pages 465-472

Fusion Magnet System / Proceedings of the Eleventh Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy New Orleans, Louisiana June 19-23, 1994 / dx.doi.org/10.13182/FST94-A40200

The superconducting coil systems for ITER will consist of 24 toroidal field coils and a central solenoid operating at a field of 13 T as well as a set of 6 poloidal field coils. They will require about 1700 tonnes of Nb3Sn strand in cable-in-conduit form, about 13,000 tonnes of steel structure, and a cryoplant providing for a heat load of 110 kW at 4.5 K. Selected features of the design, the manufacturing process envisioned and of the R&D program are described.