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(ITERP1/22) ITER Central Solenoid Model Coil Test Program

H. Tsuji, T. Kimura, T. Ando, T. Kato, T. Isono, S. Shimamoto1

Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute 801, Mukouyama, Naka-machi, Naka-gun, Ibarakiken, 311-0102 Japan
1 Tohoku University, Sendai, JAPAN

R. Jayakumar2, N. Martovetsky3, J. Wohlwend4

2 Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
3 Lawrence Livermore Laboratory, USA
4 Lockheed-Martin Corp., USA

S. Egorov

Efremov Institute, St. Petersburg, Russia

E. Salpietro

Max-Planck Institute fur Plasma Physik, Garching bei Muenchen, Germany

R. J. Thome, K. Okuno, D. Bessette, R. Vieira

ITER JCT, Naka Joint Work Site, Naka, Japan

Abstract.  A large pulsed coil (CS Model Coil) with a stored energy of 640MJ was developed and its fabrication is now being completed. In addition, three Insert Coils for different purposes are also being built. The objectives of the CS Model Coil Testing are to demonstrate the technology to generate 13T with the operating current of 46kA, to measure the pulsed operation performance and to validate the engineering design of the Central Solenoid Coil of the ITER. Two of the Insert Coils are tested to demonstrate the performance of 13-T, 40-kA Nb3Sn and Nb3Al conductors for the ITER toroidal field coil. For these testings, Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute has constructed the CS Model Coil Test Facility which can charge the coils up to the power of 250MVA under a 800-g/s, 4.5-K supercritical helium circulation in a vacuum tank with a diameter of 6.5m and a height of 9.5m.

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