Full Paper
Contents  Return  Previous Page  Next Page  Index


Return To: Session ITER - ITER EDA
Prev Page: (ITER/5) Remote Handling Maintenance of ITER
Next Page: (ITER/D) Discussion of Section ITER


(ITER/6) International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) Plant Layout and Site Services

V. Chuyanov, ITER Joint Central Team and ITER Home Teams
 

Abstract.  The ITER site has not been determined at this time. Nevertheless, to develop a construction plan and a cost estimate, it is necessary to have a detailed layout of the buildings, structures, and outdoor equipment integrated with the balance of plant service systems prototypical of large fusion power plants. These services include electric power for magnet feeds and plasma heating systems, cryogenic and conventional cooling systems, compressed air, gas supplies, de-mineralized water, steam, and drainage. Nuclear grade facilities are provided to handle tritium fuel and activated waste, as well as to prevent radioactive exposure of either the workers or the public. To avoid interference between services of different types and for efficient arrangement of buildings, structures, and equipment within the site area, a plan was developed which segregated different classes of services to four quadrants surrounding the tokamak building, placed at the approximate geographic center of the site. Location of the twenty-seven buildings (Table I) on the generic site was selected to meet all design requirements at minimum total project cost. A similar approach has been used to determine the location of services above, at, and below grade. The generic site plan can be adapted to the site selected for ITER without significant changes to the buildings or equipment. Some rearrangements may be required by site topography resulting primarily in changes to the length of services that link the buildings and equipment.

Read the full paper in PDF format.


IAEA 2001