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(OV/1) ITER-FEAT - The Future International Burning Plasma Experiment - Overview

R. Aymar1), V. Chuyanov1), M. Huguet2), Y. Shimomura2) for the ITER Joint Central Team and Home Teams
 
1) ITER Garching Joint Work Site, Boltzmannstrasse 2, 85748 Garching, Germany
2) ITER Naka Joint Work Site, Naka-machi, Ibaraki-ken, Japan

Abstract.  The focus of effort in the ITER Engineering Design Activities (EDA) since 1998 has been the development of a new design to meet revised technical objectives and a cost reduction target of about 50% of the previously accepted cost estimate. Drawing on the design solutions already developed and using the latest physics results and outputs from technology R&D projects, the Joint Central Team and Home Teams, working jointly, have been able to converge towards a new design which will allow the exploration of a range of burning plasma conditions, with a capacity to progress towards possible modes of steady state operation. As such the new ITER design, whilst having reduced technical objectives from its predecessor, will nonetheless meet the programmatic objective of providing an integrated demonstration of the scientific and technological feasibility of fusion energy. The main features of the current design and of its projected performance are introduced and the outlook for construction and operation is summarised.

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IAEA 2001