ITER project and RF systems

Author

Beaumont, B. ; Darbos, C. ; Henderson, Mike ; Kazarian, F. ; Thomas, Paul

Author_Institution

ITER Organ., St. Paul-lez-Durance, France

fYear

2013

fDate

21-23 May 2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

ITER is an international project supported by seven partners: China, Europe, India, Japan, Korea, Russian Federation and USA. Formally established in 2006, construction has started in France, more precisely in Provence. General progress of the project is presented followed by a focus on the RF systems which will provide 40 MW into the plasma, based on systems around 50 MHz and 170 GHz. These systems are using high power grid tubes, gyrotrons, and the latest power supplies technology to feed kilometres of transmission lines connected to specific antennas located at a few centimeters from the hot burning plasma.

Keywords

accelerator RF systems; antennas; gyrotrons; project management; transmission lines; China; Europe; ITER project; India; Japan; Korea; RF systems; Russian Federation; USA; antennas; gyrotrons; high power grid tubes; hot burning plasma; power supplies technology; transmission lines; Buildings; Electron tubes; Gyrotrons; Heating; Plasmas; Power supplies; Radio frequency; Fusion; gyrotrons; tetrodes;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Vacuum Electronics Conference (IVEC), 2013 IEEE 14th International

Conference_Location

Paris

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-5976-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IVEC.2013.6571167

Filename

6571167