Speaker
Dr
Patrick Decool
(CEA, IRFM, F-13108 St-Paul-lez-Durance, France)
Description
In 2005, when the ITER site decision was made, the French Government decided to participate to the joint Europe-Japan implementation of the so-call “Broader Approach Activities” (BA) in support of the ITER project and DEMO activities. The BA comprises the ITER Satellite Tokamak Programme (STP) which consists in upgrading the JT-60U machine into the largest fully superconducting and actively cooled D shaped Tokamak JT-60SA before ITER, and in the participation to its scientific exploitation. The French commitments, in charge of CEA as Voluntary Contributor (VC), are described in the Agreement of Collaboration (AoC). This report synthetizes progress and status of the CEA contribution related to the Toroïdal Field Coils (TFC) procurement which is 9 of the 18 TFCs, the whole supporting structures and the TFC Cold Test Facility (CTF). These last two years, an extensive R&D program was defined and conducted, by CEA and industrial manufacturers to assess both specifications, manufacturing processes and tooling qualifications for the manufacturing of key components of the Toroïdal Magnetic Field System of JT-60SA that are TF coils and their supporting structures. This program included the development of the TFC-CTF for performing the cryogenic test of the TFC. After successful achievement of qualification mock-ups, the green light to begin the winding of the first coils was given to the coils manufacturer. For the structures, after validation of the original design solutions, the industrial contracts were signed and the components production was started. For the CTF after conceptual design activities, the main components were ordered and delivered and their commissioning was started to be ready in time for the first coils cryogenic tests. All these activities and results as well as the present status of the related products are extensively described in this paper.
| Country or International Organisation | France |
|---|---|
| Paper Number | FIP/P8-20 |
Primary author
Dr
Patrick Decool
(CEA, IRFM, F-13108 St-Paul-lez-Durance, France)
Co-authors
Dr
Adrien Striebig
(SDMS F-38160 Saint Romans, France)
Dr
Alexandre Torre
(CEA, IRFM, F-13108 St-Paul-lez-Durance, France)
Dr
Francois Nunio
(CEA, IRFU, F-91191 Gif sur Yvette, France)
Dr
Gael Disset
(CEA, IRFU, F-91191 Gif sur Yvette, France)
Dr
Gilles Gros
(CEA, IRFM, F-13108 St-Paul-lez-Durance, France)
Mr
Guillaume Jiolat
(CEA, IRFM, F-13108 St-Paul-lez-Durance, France)
Mr
Hervé Cloez
(CEA, IRFM, F-13108 St-Paul-lez-Durance, France)
Dr
Hervé Rocipon
(Alsyom, F-65000 Tarbes, France)
Dr
Jean Claude Vallet
(CEA, IRFM, F-13108 St-Paul-lez-Durance, France)
Dr
Jean Louis Marechal
(CEA, IRFM, F-13108 St-Paul-lez-Durance, France)
Dr
Jean Marc Verger
(CEA, IRFM, F-13108 St-Paul-lez-Durance, France)
Dr
Laurent Genini
(CEA, IRFU, F-91191 Gif sur Yvette, France)
Dr
Marc Nusbaum
(Alstom Power Systems, F-90000 Belfort, France)
Dr
René Gondé
(CEA, IRFM, F-13108 St-Paul-lez-Durance, France)
Dr
Sylvie Nicollet
(CEA, IRFM, F-13108 St-Paul-lez-Durance, France)
Dr
Walid Abdel Maksoud
(CEA, IRFU, F-91191 Gif sur Yvette, France)
