ITER project, history, status and way forward

In the ITER project at present, construction of the buildings is progressing at the site of Saint Paul les Durance, South France. And in parallel, in the seven participating Parties, Japan, Europe, the USA, Russia, China, Korea and India, the design and manufacturing of the ITER core equipment is progressing. In Japan, manufacturing of the real ITER components, such as Toroidal Field (TF) and Central Solenoid (CS) conductors, TF coil and its structures, 1 MV high voltage power supplies for Neutral Beam heating system and gyrotron for Electron Cyclotron heating system, are in progress. In November 2016, the ITER Council, consisting of high-level government officials, approved a new overall project schedule in which the ITER's first plasma is scheduled in December 2025, followed by a staged expansion of the operation regime to start nuclear fusion reactions in 2035. (author)