ITER ORGANIZATION

2016 ANNUAL REPORT

THE YEAR AT A GLANCE

JANUARY
¢ Scientist Fellow network launched

FEBRUARY
¢ Monaco-ITER International Fusion Energy Days (MIIFED), third edition

MARCH
¢ First components installed in Tokamak Complex basement
(water detritiation tanks)

APRIL
¢ ITER Council reviews independent assessment of the updated project
schedule in extraordinary meeting

MAY
¢ ITER Robots contest, fifth edition

JUNE
¢ Eighteenth ITER Council validates the updated schedule through
First Plasma
¢ Construction Management-as-Agent contract awarded to the
MOMENTUM joint venture (Amec Foster Wheeler, UK, in
partnership with Assystem, France, and KEPCO Engineering and
Construction, Korea)
¢ Main cranes installed in Assembly Building

JULY
¢ Project Team created for cryogenics
¢ First ITER Project Associate arrives

SEPTEMBER
¢ Cooperation Agreement signed with the Australian
Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO)
¢ Cryostat welding begins on site
¢ New organizational matrix for construction oversight
¢ ITER Games, sixth edition

OCTOBER
¢ First toroidal field winding pack completed in Europe
¢ Open Doors Day with 600 participants
¢ Two-day press event for international journalists

NOVEMBER
¢ Nineteenth ITER Council endorses updated project schedule to
Deuterium-Tritium Operation

DECEMBER
¢ 15,000 people visit the ITER construction site in 2016
¢ Immersive reality tour of site construction launched
¢ 19 of 20 ITER Council milestones achieved for the year

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 REPORT CONTENTS

ITER ORGANIZATION
2016 ANNUAL REPORT
C oncluding a two-year effort by the ITER Organization
and the seven Domestic Agencies to establish a new
baseline, the overall project schedule was approved by
the ITER Council in November 2016. The project in its
entirety is now moving forward according to this very
detailed blueprint, which identifies the date of First
Plasma as December 2025 and lays out a staged
approach to full Deuterium-Tritium Operation in 2035.

CONTENTS

Foreword From the chair oF the iter council 03

Foreword From the director-general 05
executive summary 07
2016 highlights by department 15
staFFing & Financial tables 45
domestic agency procurement highlights 49
international cooperation 59
organizational structure 60

In June, the four large girders of the Assembly Hall’s overhead bridge crane are lifted to a
height of 43 metres and installed on rails.

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FOREWORD FROM THE CHAIR OF THE ITER COUNCIL

US contractors complete the winding of the first central solenoid module in April. Six
modules – each made from approximately 6,000 metres of niobium-tin superconductor
supplied by Japan – will be stacked to form the 13-metre-tall central magnet. Photo: US ITER

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I
t is my pleasure to introduce the 2016 ITER
Organization Annual Report, the first under my
tenure as ITER Council Chair.
The year that has passed has been one of transition, FOREWORD FROM THE
as the actors of the ITER Project came together around
a clear roadmap to ITER construction. In approving the CHAIR OF THE ITER COUNCIL
Overall Project Schedule in November, as well as the
won namkung
Overall Project Cost ad referendum, the ITER Council Saint-Paul-lez Durance
recognized the project-wide improvements that have July 2017
resulted from reforms carried out by the Director-
General in the framework of his Action Plan.
Although the implementation of these reforms is an
ongoing process, actions tailored to address the
difficulties identified in project management have
already made a difference. Reports received in 2016
from the ITER Council Review Group (ICRG) and the 2015
Management Assessment both confirmed the
reinforced capacity of the project to properly forecast,
manage and execute. Improvements in a number of
critical areas such as systems engineering and
integration, project control, decision-making processes,
and international coordination made the development
of a credible updated schedule and associated resource
estimates possible. against ITER Project Milestones as reported to the
We now have two distinct milestones ahead of us: a Council every two months has been steady. The original
clear date for the achievement of First Plasma (December list of milestones for 2016-2017 has been extended
2025) and a detailed approach to the start of Deuterium- through to the achievement of First Plasma, with each
Tritium Operation in 2035. incremental step bringing the project closer to
Without minimizing the challenges, I believe that the completion. The ITER Council will continue to closely
ITER Project is on the path to success. Performance monitor and support the project’s ability to achieve
these milestones as well as its capacity to anticipate and
mitigate eventual risks to delay in the schedule.
Maintaining performance in the years ahead will be
critical, as delay related to construction or manufacturing
– or even financial or political hurdles – will set off a ripple
of accompanying difficulties. I have no doubt about the
commitment of all ITER Members to supporting the
project’s momentum, with the common understanding
that each Member still needs to go through its domestic
process to secure support and financial resources for the
updated project baseline.
The construction of ITER, which can only be achieved
by overcoming monumental complexity, will be a
testimony to the scientific and technology capabilities
of all participating Members. Together, we are engaged
in one of the most thrilling human adventures of our
times and one that could permanently alter the course
of history.
I congratulate the entire team – from the Director-
General to every staff member at the ITER Organization
and the Domestic Agencies, plus contractors and suppliers
globally – for their commitment to effective collaboration
that has put the project on the path to success.

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The pace of Tokamak Complex construction accelerated in 2016 due to an increase in the
number of workers and the introduction of a second shift. The main Tokamak Building
must be ready for early-access assembly activities in late 2018.

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F
or the project to move forward, it was essential for
us to accomplish two objectives over the past two
years: first, to execute sweeping organizational
reform, fully addressing and correcting the problems FOREWORD FROM THE
identified in the 2013 Management Assessment report;
and second, while in the midst of this reform, to shift to DIRECTOR-GENERAL
full-paced construction and manufacturing in respect of
bernard bigot
milestones agreed with the ITER Council for the years Saint-Paul-lez Durance
2016 and 2017, even as the examination of our updated July 2017
long-term project schedule and associated resource
estimates was underway.
The successful achievement of this ambitious program
was critical to ensuring that the ITER Members, the ITER
Organization and the Domestic Agencies regain full
confidence in the project and in themselves. It was a
prerequisite for the pursuit of ITER and, finally, success.
Thanks to the joint effort of the management, staff and
contractors of the ITER Organization and the Domestic
Agencies, and the strong, continuous support of the ITER
Members, we have reached the goals we set for ourselves
and, today, the ITER Project has turned the page. More
remains to be done but I do believe that we have created
a new culture of collaboration, within which we candidly
face the challenges that arise and jointly seek the industrial expertise of the CMA as we enter a new
solutions that are in the best interest of the project. chapter of ITER construction.
In 2016, we successfully concluded a series of iterations And because I feel strongly that to exploit the
to develop an updated resource-loaded schedule, taking machine's potential and to optimize its performance
a comprehensive look at each Member’s technical, ITER will rely on major contributions from the
financial and political constraints to arrive at the best Members' fusion science communities, we are striving
compromise. Within the revised baseline schedule to reinforce interaction. There are now 45 international
endorsed by the ITER Council in November 2016, First organizations, national laboratories, universities and
Plasma is planned for December 2025, followed by a national schools from the ITER Members that have
staged approach to the development of machine and signed scientific or technical cooperation agreements
auxiliary system performance that culminates in the with the ITER Organization, and in 2016 we welcomed
transition to deuterium-tritium operation in 2035. the first non-Member entity – the Australian Nuclear
This intense collaborative work on the schedule has Science and Technology Organisation, ANSTO. The first
had important side benefits as – in order to successfully scientists accepting to participate in the new ITER
complete the exercise – we had to resolve pending Organization Scientist Fellow network and collaborate
questions related to design completion, project change with our specialists on simulation and theory in
requests, and technical issues. The project as a whole is support of ITER also met on site to confirm short- and
in a much stronger position due to this effort. long-term research objectives.
In parallel, we are completing ambitious milestones in It is not an exaggeration to say that thousands of
building construction and the fabrication of First Plasma people are working around the world to make ITER a
components as scheduled and preparing for the success. At the ITER Organization, in the Domestic
assembly and installation phase of the machine and Agencies, in factories, labs and universities our efforts are
plant. A new construction management organization – focused on building, commissioning, and operating a
based on construction teams with responsibility for unique scientific device – the only one on Earth capable
specific areas on the worksite – as well as the selection of producing a burning plasma in the next decades. With
of the ITER Organization’s principal assembly contractor, me, and you, they share the conviction that ITER will
the Construction Management-as-Agent (CMA), were show the way to a new, safe, environmentally responsible
two important steps to ensuring that the knowledge of and virtually inexhaustible energy source that is well
components and systems that exists within our worth the large investment of the seven ITER Members
respective organizations is successfully integrated with and the best joint efforts of our staff and industries.

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Work on the Tokamak Complex is now evolving at or above ground level as European contractors
start on the first ground elevation of the ITER bioshield (circle) and Diagnostics Building (right).

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EXECUTIVE
SUMMARY

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O
n 21 November 2006, the government representatives of
the People’s Republic of China, the European Atomic Energy
Community (Euratom), the Republic of India, Japan, the
Republic of Korea, the Russian Federation and the United States
of America signed the constitutive document of the ITER
Organization in Paris. In the Preamble of the ITER Agreement, the
Members emphasized their belief that “ITER is the next important
step on the path to develop fusion energy” and affirmed the
significance of “genuine partnership in implementing this long
term and large scale project.”
Ten years later, the Members’ vision is crystallizing on the ITER site
in southern France, as the buildings of the scientific installation
emerge and components shipped from factories around the world
are stored for the start of assembly and installation. The stage is now
set for the world’s largest fusion reactor to enter operation in 2025.
The ITER Director-General welcomes H.S.H. Prince Albert II of Monaco to the site in
From design and early construction activities, the project has September. Through the Monaco-ITER Partnership Arrangement, signed in 2008, the
transitioned to full-paced construction and manufacturing. Broad Principality of Monaco has funded over 20 postdoctoral researchers at ITER for two-year
reform has increased the fundamental strength of the organization, assignments and hosted three international conferences.
its management, and the international collaboration that
underwrites all efforts. A detailed work plan defining project scope, level. Project Teams for buildings, the vacuum vessel, and
schedule and cost through First Plasma and Deuterium-Tritium cryogenics now focus cross-project resources on highly
Operation – the 2016 Baseline – has earned the approbation of integrated and/or schedule critical areas. Decision-
internal and external observers. making efficiency has been improved at the working
In an early sign that the ITER Organization and the Domestic level through the Central Team Management Board (ITER
Agencies have the capacity to meet the baseline schedule as Organization) and the Joint Project Coordination weeks
proposed, 19 out of 20 high-level technical and programmatic (ITER Organization/Domestic Agency).
milestones planned as a way to measure performance in 2016 were The proposed updated long-term schedule and
achieved, and the twentieth was delayed by only a matter of weeks. associated resource estimates as well as the ITER
Through organizational effectiveness and sustained physical Organization’s management of human resources were
progress, the project is demonstrating its capacity to complete the the object of rigorous review by the ITER Council
construction phase of the project with reliability and accountability. Independent Review Group (ICRG) beginning in February.
Its report, which provided the ITER Council with
ORGANIZATION external validation of the credibility of the proposal and
Completing reform its underlying assumptions as well as recommendations
The bulk of the Action Plan proposed to the ITER related to human resource management, was accepted
Council by Director-General Bernard Bigot at the start of by the ITER Council during an extraordinary meeting in
his mandate in March 2015 has effectively been April (IC-Ex/04.16). The ITER Council also convened for two
implemented. Three essential pillars of reform – regular meetings during the year on 15-16 June (IC-18)
management and organizational restructuring at the and 16-17 November (IC-19), during which it reviewed the
ITER Organization, improved collaboration between the continued development of the baseline and the
central team and the seven Domestic Agencies, and implementation of project reforms. The Management
improvements to project management practices – have Advisory Committee (MAC), the Science and
resulted in stronger control of schedule, cost and risk. Technology Advisory Committee (STAC) and the Test
The ITER Organization has reinforced the transversal Blanket Module Program Committee (TBM-PC) met
functions of engineering integration, configuration ahead of each Council session to provide support for
control, quality assurance, project control and human strategic issues. The results of the 2015 ITER Management
resources, and introduced the first phase of a new Assessment were reported to the ITER Council in June.
construction management organization to prepare for
the lead role that it will play in the assembly and BASELINE
installation of the machine and plant. The Executive First Plasma in December 2025
Project Board, introduced in 2015 to unite the top Concluding a two-year effort by the ITER Organization
management of the ITER Organization and the Domestic and the seven Domestic Agencies to update the baseline,
Agencies, is working well to resolve issues at the senior the overall project schedule was approved by the ITER

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Council in November 2016. The Overall Project Cost was CONSTRUCTION

approved ad referendum, meaning that it will now fall to Tokamak Complex emerging
each Member to seek approval of project costs through Work on ITER’s main scientific facility – the Tokamak
respective governmental budget processes. Complex – is now evolving at or above platform level
The updated resource-loaded schedule identifies the as European contractors started on the first ground
date of First Plasma as December 2025 and lays out a elevation of the ITER bioshield and Diagnostics
staged approach to full Deuterium-Tritium Operation in Building in 2016. The basement levels of the Tritium
2035 in which periods of machine operation alternate and Tokamak buildings were also transformed through
with sequential phases of assembly. The 2016 Baseline is interior partitions and columns, the pouring of the last
considered the best compromise between the common basement floor slab (B1) around the bioshield, and the
will of the ITER Members and the ITER Organization to installation of the first captive components. On site,
advance quickly, technical constraints (including risk), the workforce grew to 1,200 people.
and the financial constraints of the Members. The 60-metre-tall Assembly Building was insulated
Throughout the re-baselining exercise, the ITER with several layers of cladding and equipped with
Organization and the Domestic Agencies worked in close overhead handling cranes; activity on interior
coordination to verify design maturity, confirm supplier finishings is now underway to prepare for the delivery
manufacturing schedules, and clarify the component of the first massive assembly tool. In 2016, construction
need dates and assembly sequences within the frame of teams began erecting the steel frames of the cryoplant
the staged approach. All outstanding configuration issues and radio frequency heating buildings, advanced work
were addressed and resolved through the Joint Project on the electrical switchyard infrastructure and
Coordination weeks or the Executive Project Board. underground technical galleries, and initiated early
In addition to tracking performance against high-level activities in the zones reserved for magnet power
ITER Council milestones, a new tool now reinforces the conversion and heat rejection. All major civil works
project control function at the ITER Organization: the contracts have been awarded by the European
simplified Master Schedule. Resulting from lessons Domestic Agency for the buildings and infrastructure
learned during the development of the updated long- that must be in place for First Plasma.
term schedule, the Master Schedule registers the physical Once completed and made ready for equipment, the
progress of work against each procurement package on buildings will be handed over progressively to the ITER
a monthly basis. Other improvements in project Organization for the assembly and installation of the
management processes planned for implementation machine and plant. In anticipation of this new project
next year include a full set of key performance indicators phase, the ITER Organization has begun to adjust its
(KPIs) and earned value management (EVM) systems. internal organization for construction management.
A strengthened approach to risk management is
being implemented across the project. A senior Project
Risk & Opportunity Management Committee (PROMC)
has the responsibility for identifying and prioritizing risks
and opportunities and ensuring that they are managed
at the correct level. The probability of occurrence and
potential impact is now calculated in months and euros,
and the top ten risk and opportunity families and
response actions are clearly identified in the project-
wide register. These new risk management practices are
helping the project to anticipate challenges in critical-
path areas such as Tokamak Building construction,
vacuum vessel sector manufacturing, and the
fabrication of in-wall shielding. In one demonstration of
the maturing risk management culture in the project,
where potential risks to the fabrication and delivery
schedule are identified and response actions set into
place, Europe transferred the responsibility for two
vacuum vessel sectors to the ITER Organization in 2016 The extensive cryogenic power needed to cool the ITER magnets, thermal shield and
cryopumps will be delivered from a single location on the ITER site – the ITER cryoplant,
for fabrication in Korea. This procurement transfer will
under construction now.
have no effect on overall cost sharing.

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Just outside the three-metre-thick ITER bioshield (partially covered in blue), workers
pour the south side of the bioshield mezzanine. Photo: F4E

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In June, a contract was signed with the Construction MANUFACTURING

Management-as-Agent (CMA) contractor chosen to help Intense activity worldwide
to plan, manage and supervise the assembly and The principal ITER magnet systems are now all in
installation activities on site. In addition, the first phase production. Milestones were recorded in 2016 for the
of a matrixed construction organization was introduced toroidal field magnets (first winding pack in Europe, case
to closely integrate the CMA’s industrial expertise with segment fabrication in Japan); the poloidal field
the systems-based engineering knowledge that exists at magnets (start of series fabrication in Russia, final
the ITER Organization and the Domestic Agencies. qualification activities for winding lines in China and
Finally, the procurement strategy for work packages Europe); the central solenoid (first production winding in
related to assembly and installation was revised to match the US); and the correction coils (bottom coil in
the updated project schedule and to reduce the risk production in China). Domestic Agency contractors are
inherent in large-scale contracts. The ITER Organization is also advancing on work packages for magnet feeder
also procuring specialized tooling for assembly and components, high temperature superconducting leads,
handling, and planning for the storage of bulk (electrical, magnet supports, and instrumentation. The first
piping) and exceptional components (magnet coils, completed magnet – a toroidal field coil produced in
vacuum vessel sectors, cryostat segments). During the Japan – is expected to reach ITER in 2019.
year, 23 highly exceptional convoys reached the ITER site, Industrial activity for ITER’s other sizeable machine
representing an increase of around 50 percent over 2015. components – the vacuum vessel and cryostat – also
achieved strong and measurable progress in 2016. In
LICENSING Korea, manufacturing is advancing on vessel sectors #6
Committed to learning and responding (55 percent complete at the end of 2016) and #1 (22
Regular technical exchanges continue with the French percent complete) and contractors are assembling the first
Nuclear Safety Authority ASN on the prescriptions of two large sector sub-assembly tools. In Europe, large-
related to the demands of the official Ministerial decree scale electron beam welding was employed for the first
that created the ITER Basic Nuclear Installation (INB) in time to realize a poloidal segment subassembly for sector
2012. An important milestone was reached in July #5. The manufacturing design for all sectors has been
when a hold point related to the construction of completed; port extension and stub extension fabrication
neutral beam cells in the Tokamak Building was lifted. is underway in Korea and Russia; and thousands of in-wall
In 2016 ASN also monitored changes to the internal shielding elements are in production in India.
organization of the central ITER Organization team, Welding and radiographic testing activities started
confirmed that the staged approach to assembly is in the on-site Cryostat Workshop on tier one cryostat
compatible with ITER licensing, and carried out four on- base segments. All second-tier base segments were
site inspections. Corrective actions were undertaken by delivered and fabrication is underway in India for the
the ITER Organization and the Domestic Agencies in next section – the lower cylinder. Good progress was
response to ASN requests linked to these inspections. recorded in Korea for the vacuum vessel and cryostat
Efforts continue to encourage the full commitment of thermal shields.
each project actor to a strong nuclear safety culture across ITER plant systems for coil power supply and
all areas of activity. Surveillance plans were reinforced in distribution, electrical distribution, cryogenics, cooling,
2016 to ensure proper propagation and implementation vacuum, diagnostics, and heating are all in production.
of the defined safety requirements for systems with
protection-important components; a program was
launched to qualify Project Team staff on applicable
nuclear safety regulations; and workshops were held on
the management of non-conformities and the diffusion of
safety regulations in design and manufacturing.
The Beryllium Management Committee, formed in
2015, continues to meet regularly to pursue the safe
implementation of beryllium handling and storage at
ITER. A new Nuclear Integration Unit composed of ITER
Organization and Domestic Agency staff was introduced
by the Director-General in 2016 to promote a fully
The first serial element of the poloidal field coil procurement program has been produced
integrated nuclear engineering approach in compliance
for ITER’s smallest coil, PF1. Photo: ITER Russia
with project and regulatory requirements.

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and experimentation set to begin on schedule in 2018.

Component design for MITICA, the full-scale injector
prototype, was completed early in the year and
manufacturing has started on some elements.
Strong headway was also made on research and
development activities for the divertor and the blanket
– two of the systems that will be installed during the
assembly phases planned after First Plasma. As part of
qualification and testing programs, prototypes of the
divertor cassette body, inner target and dome were
realized and beryllium-tiled blanket first wall “fingers”
were tested successfully in ITER-like conditions. In
positive news for the divertor program, the ITER
design solution for monoblock front-surface shaping
was demonstrated to be satisfactory from a physics
The 17-metre excavation in the platform, the seismic foundations, and the lowest level of and engineering point of view.
the Tokamak Complex are no longer visible as contractors move forward on the Tritium, Progress was recorded in the design of diagnostic
Tokamak and Diagnostics buildings. systems; the diagnostic first wall of the blanket; the
primary and secondary cooling loops of the installation;
Electrical distribution will be the first ITER plant system to the components of the ion cyclotron system; the
come on line with the planned energization of one disruption mitigation system; and the technological
portion of the steady state electrical network next year. To solutions for tritium breeding. Concluding a multiyear
prepare the transition from design and manufacturing to R&D program for ITER’s in-vessel coils, a contract was
the installation and commissioning of the cryoplant, a signed with a supplier for conductor fabrication. A group
Cryogenic Project Team was formed in July. Piping for the tasked with the re-design of the vacuum vessel pressure
vacuum and cooling water systems, electrical distribution suppression system also completed its work during the
components, switching network components, and reporting period and submitted the new configuration
elements of the cryogenic plant formed the bulk of plant to the Agreed Notified Body for review.
system deliveries in 2016.
The ITER Organization estimates the level of design FINANCE
completion for First Plasma components and systems at Rigorous monitoring and management of resources
92.4 percent and the level of manufacturing completion The implementation of the annual budget for the ITER
at 41.1 percent based on ITER Unit of Account value Organization was closely monitored in 2016, resulting
credits at the end of the reporting period. The arrival of in the effective execution of 93 percent of planned
components on site is accelerating – among the “firsts” commitments and 86 percent of planned payments.
expected next year are poloidal field AC/DC converter Resource estimates for each Department and Division
and reactive power compensator units, the pre-production were finalized in accordance with the updated
cryopump, stainless steel piping for the Tokamak baseline schedule through First Plasma, and the use of
cooling water system, and the first diagnostic systems. the Reserve Fund – an account created from
Metrology teams have been dispatched to ITER contributions by all stakeholders that allows the
Member manufacturing sites to record the as-built Director-General to fund unavoidable change orders –
dimensions of large machine components in fabrication was closely tracked and reported to the ITER Council.
and to verify tolerances. The final total of commitment appropriations for 2016
was EUR 423.6 million, of which EUR 94.6 million was
R&D held in the Reserve Fund and EUR 6.7 million was in
Identifying and testing the best solutions Undistributed Budget. During the year, commitments
Two testbeds under construction now at the PRIMA of EUR 299.9 million were made, leaving a balance of
facility in Italy will help resolve challenging physics and unused commitment appropriations for distributed
technology issues related to the project’s most powerful budgets of EUR 22.5 million to be carried forward to
heating system – neutral beam injection – and validate 2017. The payment appropriations for 2016 were EUR
concepts before the neutral beam system is built at 380.8 million, including EUR 103.9 million in the Reserve
ITER. The implementation phase of the ion source Fund and EUR 13.1 million in Undistributed Budget. Of
testbed SPIDER is well advanced, with commissioning this amount, EUR 227.1 million was paid or credited,

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leaving a balance of unused distributed payment EXTERNAL RELATIONS

appropriations of EUR 36.8 million. Financial income of Opening the doors to scientific exchange; reaching out to the public
approximately EUR 1 million was realized over the The ITER Organization signed the first non-Member
course of the reporting period. technical cooperation agreement of its history in
Since 2007, the ITER Organization has signed a total of September with the Australian Nuclear Science and
108 Procurement Arrangements for the delivery of Technology Organisation (ANSTO), a national research
components, systems and buildings with the Domestic organization representing the Australian nuclear
Agencies, representing 90.86 percent of the project’s in- fusion community. Under the terms of the Agreement,
kind allocated value. Australia can contribute directly to the construction of
The Financial Audit Board conducted two on-site the ITER machine in limited but important areas and
audits during the year, certifying in April that the ITER Australian researchers can participate in research
Organization 2015 Financial Statements gave a true and fair collaborations at ITER. Cooperation is envisioned in
view of the financial situation of the Organization. During diagnostics, materials, superconducting technology,
its September meeting, the Board audited the financial and fusion plasma theory and modelling.
transactions of the ITER Organization for the period from The ITER Organization also signed Memoranda of
1 January to 30 June in accordance with International Understanding for technical, scientific or academic
Public Sector Accounting Standards (IPSAS) and the cooperation in 2016 with the Universidad Nacional de
Project Resource Management Regulations (PRMR). Educación a Distancia (Spain), the University of Illinois
(US), the National Research Nuclear University MEPhI
STAFFING (Russia), the KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Consistent with the Council-approved staff cap (Sweden), and the Institute of Plasma Physics Chinese
The first group of ITER Scientist Fellows has started its Academy of Sciences (China). (A full list of cooperating
work to contribute to ITER’s top scientific research needs; entities can be found at the end of this report.)
in parallel the first ITER Project Associates were recruited The third edition of the Monaco-ITER International
for their expertise in the areas of assembly, installation Fusion Energy Days (MIIFED) was held in conjunction with
and commissioning. Both of these non-staff categories the annual ITER Business Forum in 2016 to create a single
were created by the ITER Director-General as part of a event dedicated to upcoming business opportunities.
strategy to leverage resources in the Domestic Agencies ITER scientists also exchanged with their peers at fusion
and the Member fusion communities. science and technology conferences worldwide.
At the end of the year, the ITER Organization employed ITER was represented at a number of external events,
740 staff members. Thirty two experts and 38 interns including the World Nuclear Exhibition (Paris), the
were also employed at ITER, and a fifth recruitment Symposium on Fusion Technology (Czech Republic),
campaign for Monaco Fellows was conducted for the IAEA Fusion Energy Conference (Japan), and World
appointments beginning in late 2016/2017. An Office of Energy Congress (Turkey), the Pacific Basin Nuclear
the Ombudsman was established as a dispute resolution Conference (China), and the ITER/Broader Approach
mechanism for directly employed staff, and rules Symposium (Japan).
concerning rewards for inventors were issued in order As part of an updated exhibition stand Communication
to encourage the development of ITER Organization has developed a portable immersive virtual reality tour of
intellectual property. the ITER construction site that is accessible in 2D and 3D
As set forth in the Staff Regulations, the ITER Staff versions through the public website. Fifteen thousand
Committee supports employees in all matters related visitors visited the ITER site in France in 2016.
to their welfare: promoting educational and social
activities; meeting regularly with administration
representatives to discuss issues with an influence on
well-being; and assisting staff with difficulties. Topics of
particular consultation in 2016 included flexible work
time; objectives setting, performance assessment and
incentive measures; and expatriation issues. The Staff
Committee also undertook to bring issues relating to
the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur International School,
where 56 percent of the 710 students attending at the
ITER’s new immersive reality tour makes you feel like you are ON the drone that is
start of the school year were from ITER families, to
documenting ITER construction.
appropriate forums for discussion.

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The 18 D-shaped toroidal field coils are among the largest components of the ITER
machine. The very first toroidal field winding pack (110 tonnes) is produced by European
contractors in October. Photo: F4E

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PROJECT CONTROL OFFICE (PCO) also the occasion to discuss and resolve identified
The Project Control Office ensures the coordinated action of technical issues and to escalate a small number of top
project controls, manages the ITER Baseline (scope, schedule, issues, with recommendations, for decision making by
cost, and risk), monitors schedule variation and response the Director-General.
actions, performs risk and opportunity analysis, and In November, the ITER Council (IC-19) commended
evaluates the efficiency of management systems. the ITER Organization and the Domestic Agencies for
The updated long-term schedule presented to the the successful development of the updated schedule,
ITER Council in November 2015 (the “reference the fruit of two years of integrated effort. All Members
schedule”) was the foundation for the establishment approved the project schedule and estimated cost
of the ITER Baseline in 2016. The Project Control Office including staff resources up to 2025, as well as the
was centrally involved in these efforts, preparing for indicative schedule and cost baseline up to the start of
meetings of the ITER Council and advisory bodies and burning plasma operations (2035) based on the staged
working to articulate a “staged approach” to plasma approach. The overall project cost was approved ad
operation with respect to the technical challenges and referendum, pending approval through each Member’s
financial constraints of the Members. specific governmental budget process.
Project progress was controlled and reported
throughout 2016 on the basis of high-level project or
Project progress is controlled and reported programmatic milestones approved by the ITER Council.
on the basis of high-level milestones Out of 20 ITER Council milestones planned for the year
approved by the ITER Council. 19 were achieved – with the last delayed by only a few
weeks without impact on the schedule. Similar high-
level “markers” have now been identified through First
The methodology and the preparation underpinning Plasma and will continue to be tracked and reported
the first year of schedule development were validated every two months as an important monitoring tool.
by an ITER Council Review Group in February and the To answer to the need for more precise statusing,
subsequent extraordinary meeting of the ITER Council; effective change control and more meaningful trend
based on this positive result and further analysis, the Project Control Office also introduced a
recommendations for optimization, a project-wide effort new schedule management tool during the year – a
was launched to complete integration activities. In parallel, simplified Master Schedule. Consistent with the
the ITER Organization and Domestic Agencies worked Detailed Work Schedules submitted by the Domestic
through several iterations to develop the staged approach Agencies in September, the Master Schedule formed
to operation – four distinct phases of operation from First the basis of the baseline schedule submitted to the ITER
Plasma to deuterium-tritium experiments, interspersed Council. The Detailed Work Schedules are still used to
with periods of assembly – that reduce funding monitor execution at the working level on a daily basis
requirements from the Members for the 2017-2019 and to provide forecast delivery dates, while the Master
period. The staged approach also lowers project risk by Schedule is used to monitor the rate of achievement
focusing on First Plasma and allows for a longer research against commitments. With ten times fewer activities,
program between First Plasma and fusion operation.
At the eighteenth ITER Council in June, representatives of
the ITER Members endorsed the updated resource-loaded
schedule to First Plasma (December 2025) and charged the
ITER Organization with extending the integrated schedule
through Deuterium-Tritium Operation.
Six months of tightly coordinated effort with the
Domestic Agencies ensued to establish the detailed
consistency of the full 2016 Baseline within the frame
of the staged approach. At two workshops held at ITER
Headquarters in July – the Configuration Workshop
and the Research Plan Workshop – lists of components
were established for each installation phase and need
dates defined in full compatibility with the Members’
In March, a water detritiation tank supplied by Europe becomes the first plant
financial constraints and the planned scientific
component to be installed in the Tokamak Complex.
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the Master Schedule enables the robust logical

sequencing of activities, which in turn permits essential
in-month execution monitoring of work progress and
“percent complete” statistics.
The ITER Organization’s approach to risk and
opportunity management continues to mature.
Improvements introduced in 2016 through the risk and
opportunity action plan include the continued clean up
and development of the risk and opportunity register
(now accessible to all ITER and Domestic Agency staff);
better prioritization; and the adoption of a quantitative
approach with the probability of risk and opportunity Fast forward: in this image, the Tokamak Building has been finalized and the
occurrence and impact calculated in months and euros. temporary wall that closes it off from the Assembly Building has come down. We see
The top ten risk and opportunity families, plus response the full crane bay, with the machine assembly area in the background.
actions, are identified in the register, providing a
reasonable snapshot of the risk and opportunity situation CENTRAL INTEGRATION OFFICE (CIO)
up to First Plasma that covers the ITER Organization, the The Central Integration Office seeks to maintain overall project
Domestic Agencies, and transversal topics. coherence while supporting the ITER Director-General in his
In order to drive proactive risk and opportunity responsibility as design authority, project integrator and nuclear
management for the project as a whole, the Director- operator. It regroups under its umbrella the transversal functions
General created the Project Risk & Opportunity of design control and integration; systems engineering;
Management Committee (PROMC) in April. This engineering quality control; configuration management; the
independent senior body will enhance line development and maintenance of information tools (IT);
management’s capability to manage risks and Computer-Aided Design (CAD) resource management and
opportunities by applying a three-tier approach to design activities; systems analysis and standards; nuclear and
identifying and prioritizing required response plan engineering analysis; and documentation and records.
actions across the project (highest-level risks and The teams for design integration and system
opportunities will be handled by the Executive Project integration dedicated significant resources during the
Board, while those classified at a lower-level will be reporting period to implementing the staged approach
treated at the Configuration Control Board level or by into the baseline – identifying the minimum technical
the Departments). Efforts to harmonize the different configuration required for each phase, flagging
risk and opportunity management approaches and outstanding issues, and modifying ITER basic documents
systems in the ITER Organization and the Domestic to reflect the new project strategy. At the Configuration
Agencies are progressing. A workshop planned in Workshop mid-year, the Domestic Agencies provided
February 2017 will be the opportunity to demonstrate input per system and a common position was
a common understanding on risk and opportunity established, joint work which contributed to finalizing
management methodology, a stable risk register, and the technical baseline in time for presentation to the
response plans in preparation for an independent ITER Council in November.
review by Management Advisory Committee experts. The Design & Construction Integration Division
Building on efforts initiated last year, the Office assists plant system and building owners in
continues to implement industry-standard project implementing requirements or change requests in their
management tools and procedures. The success of a designs and in resolving key interface issues. In 2016,
pilot earned value management (EVM) program and the the baseline configuration for the machine was
expansion of key performance indicators in 2016 will completed in full compliance with project requirements
lead to the implementation of these performance and manufacturing input – an effort that resulted in the
monitoring tools at the ITER Organization next year; the approval of more than 50 models. Remaining questions
Office is also developing an overall indicator of physical on port systems integration were addressed as
progress. Finally, the Project Management Plan (PMP) is engineers identified the temporary items needed for
circulating for approval; this near-finalized document First Plasma, performed the detailed designs of
will strengthen the ITER Project culture by providing the bioshield plugs, defined the port cell bellow/building
framework for the implementation of methods, sealing requirements, and completed the qualification
processes, tools and competency development required of the vacuum vessel port plug handling process. In
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The systems engineering team focuses on verifying

the correct flow down of safety and other top-level
project requirements in the definition of the systems.
Existing safety requirements impacting buildings were
clarified during the year for the Tokamak Complex and
auxiliary buildings and the integration of specific plant
systems was verified through simulation. In order to
prepare for future functional design integration reviews,
a pilot case was run based on the cryogenic integrated
system (cryogenics, magnets, vacuum and thermal
shield). CIO is also collaborating with each Domestic
Agency to freeze interfaces with importance for First
Plasma and place them under configuration control.
Giant, but not quite to scale: the ITER machine will be 30% larger than what is shown on After an initial collaboration with the US Domestic
the poster that adorns the temporary wall of the Assembly Building. Agency in 2016, this important effort will be pursued
with the six other agencies in order to reduce or mitigate
contract, the Division performed tolerance risks along the critical schedule path.
assessments, issued functional tolerance and interface The configuration management process – specifically
drawings, and held design integration reviews for the level II and level III Configuration Control Boards – has
assembly tooling. The team was also heavily involved in been used with success over the past 24 months to close
preparing construction technical specifications for out a large backlog of project change requests, with the
mechanical and piping work contracts. result that the change process is now more stable. The
Design & Construction Integration is responsible for implementation of a project lifecycle management tool
coordinating engineering model configuration (PLM) is also progressing well: when fully implemented
management at the project level, which includes both this cross-organizational tool will assist the project in
baseline and as-built model control. Tolerance collecting, controlling and maintaining approved
requirements were reviewed in 2016 to complete the configurations; producing the as-built regulatory file
overall tolerance model and only a few issues now needed for operation; and managing ongoing
remain to be resolved before the document becomes maintenance and component replacement activities.
the reference baseline. The assessment of critical gaps Planning is underway on the framework contract, a team
has been completed for the ex-vessel area and nearly has been recruited, and a PLM pilot was run mid-year to
completed for the in-vessel area; documents describing support the management of the different plant
the functional step-by-step assembly sequences of main configurations related to the staged approach.
machine systems have been produced; and a proposal Following the introduction of Project Teams in 2015
to coordinate analysis for transversal tolerance risks was and their increased involvement in protection-important
accepted and will be set into place in 2017. activities, the Configuration Management Division has
Team members completed the design of concrete civil initiated a qualification program for team staff.
works for the Tokamak Complex covering all plant Procedures for configuration management, design
systems, penetrations, embedded plates, and fixing control, quality control, and document control were
building interfaces up to roof level. The construction improved and aligned with the staged approach during
configuration including roof equipment is expected to be the year and a set of safety reference documents (and the
completed by early 2017. The construction design – or processes for controlling them) were defined with the
the sequence of events that drive the design and Safety Department. In other highlights, more regular
realization of buildings – has now been approved level by reporting on global design activities was established; the
level and execution designs are progressing. Changes implementation of design control in the supply chain
required for improved radiation shielding have been was reviewed in depth; and new tools were introduced
issued as project change requests, the design layout for and propagated for requirement management.
mechanical and electrical equipment is evolving, and as- With quality control now transferred under CIO
built models for near-completed buildings on site responsibility, needs were assessed and required
(Assembly, Cleaning, and Radio Frequency Heating resources estimated. The planned approach will be to
buildings) were updated to reflect the latest changes and optimize resources already available for quality control at
will be issued in 2017. Good progress was also recorded in the Domestic Agencies; to this end, a procedural
the engineering integration of the cooling tower zone. framework was agreed and requirements for top-level

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quality and planning documents finalized. The Document and suppliers (650 in all), while continuing to monitor
Control Section was active in preparing for on-site outsourced work packages, CAD earned value
activities by establishing document control procedures, measurements, and key performance indicators to ensure
determining the criteria for handing over engineering the efficiency and quality of the work. The Office moved
documentation packages to the Construction to set up control groups, enhance quality control, create
Department, and improving the management of standardized technical documents, and develop industrial
radiographic material and as-built documentation. technical plateaus (schematics, drawings, plant design) in
The Project Information System Section/Division (IT) support of the tight schedule.
continues to manage computer services, databases and
networks, telecommunications, and the project’s internal
and external websites, adding 1,000 new computers to The ITER Organization has worked over the
its base in 2016, managing 4,500 video conferences and past two years to reinforce the transversal
treating 23,000 user requests. IT oversees some 40 functions of engineering integration,
outsourced contracts, seeking the best value for configuration control, quality assurance,
investment, and maintains the ITER Organization’s project control, and human resource
central applications and central infrastructure. management.
In 2016, the group upgraded the SAP solution for
administration, created new applications and interlinks
between software programs to reflect business needs, To efficiently support the construction phase,
supported the integration of the Construction improvements were launched or initiated in the area of
Management-as-Agent team, and continued to multi-CAD usage, advanced drafting capabilities, improved
collaborate on the use of the SmartPlant® suite for mass production tools, clarified documentation, and PLM
materials management and construction. Significant support; the new AVEVA plant design suite was also
resources were also devoted to the development and deployed and centrally administered. A workshop hosted
trial of the PLM project management tool, the in May in China with all Domestic Agencies brought users
reinforcement of cyber security, and the improvement together in the interest of improving collaboration.
of computing capacity. In October, a protocol for The Analysis Section/Division is charged with
massive data transfer developed in Japan was tested structural, seismic, nuclear and electromagnetic analysis
successfully with the participation of ITER IT experts. in support of project priorities, with emphasis on
In collaboration with IT, the Design Office Division interfaces and the design integration of the plant in
administers the project’s CAD infrastructure. In 2016 it collaboration with the Domestic Agencies. In 2016, team
supported the technical responsible officers in the members pursued the definition of interface loads
execution of the year’s full CAD work plan, in particular between buildings and equipment in the Tokamak
producing thousands of schematics and drawings in Complex for the sizing of embedded plates; performed
support of construction call-for-tenders. The Office treated calculations to confirm the interface load between the
requests for support and tickets for data exchange from cryostat bellow flanges and the bioshield in accidental
users at the ITER Organization, the Domestic Agencies conditions; collaborated with the Korean Domestic
Agency on the structural analysis of the sector sub-
assembly tool and assembly tool group B1; and
contributed to the completion of building design by
responding to requests for information. Twenty-five
additional system load specification reports were
finalized, bringing the number on record to 226.
In an important milestone for the project, Division staff
completed work begun last year to update design floor
response spectra for the Tokamak Complex. These key
input documents – critical to the design of all
components located in this area – have now been
approved as part of the technical baseline. A more
accurate model of the building and all internal equipment
was developed in close collaboration with the European
Engineers at ITER use virtual renditions of the machine’s systems to verify integration
agency and reconciliation has started to implement
issues, interfaces and assembly sequences.
changes in the impacted equipment. In parallel, the

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Series production is underway in Japan on the building blocks of the toroidal field coils –
double pancake windings. Each winding is insulated by glass and polyimide tapes and
impregnated with cyanate-ester and epoxy resins to harden the assembly. Photo: ITER Japan

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evaluation of floor response spectra for SL-3-rated seismic QUALITY ASSURANCE & ASSESSMENT DIVISION (QAA)
events is underway for the Tokamak Complex. The Quality Assurance & Assessment Division’s objectives are
To ensure a consistent and fully integrated nuclear to specify project quality requirements, perform independent
engineering approach in the project, compliant with assessments and audits on requirement compliance, and
project and regulatory requirements, the Director-General coordinate the integrated management system through the
created a Nuclear Integration Unit in 2016. Staffed with Management and Quality Program. The Division ensures that
experts from the ITER Organization and the Domestic the processes needed for the quality management system are
Agencies and under the functional responsibility of the properly established, implemented and maintained; reports to
CIO Department, the Unit was effective immediately – top management on the performance of the quality
producing a radiation transport model for the buildings of management system; and works to promote awareness of
the Tokamak Complex; assessing the issue of toroidal field ITER Organization or stakeholder requirements throughout
coil heating; performing nuclear analyses (for example on the organization.
dust filtering, in-vessel viewing systems, neutral beam Strong progress on the central database for processing
cell/neutral beam injection, and equatorial bioshield non-conformities means that this quality assurance
plugs); creating the first shut-down dose rate maps based management tool will be ready for launch in 2017. Until
on global analysis; and generating nuclear radiation maps then, temporary measures were employed during the
to provide a comprehensive view of the potential effect of year to track non-conformities and to alert responsible
radiation on Tokamak components. The Unit also parties in order to reduce the average duration from
works with the Environmental Protection & Nuclear Safety detection to closure.
Division on responses to questions from the French
nuclear safety authority.
The list of electronics exposed to nuclear radiation was In order to prepare for the lead role that it will
kept current in 2016 to reflect the results of radiation map play in the assembly and installation of the
studies, and basic countermeasures were selected for ITER machine and plant, the ITER
each system; discussions underway at ITER and with the Organization has introduced a new matrixed
Domestic Agencies on the standardization of needed organization for construction management.
radiation hardened electronics will continue into the next
reporting period. The Analysis Section/Division also issued
a document on the chemical composition and Through the joint effort of the Quality Assurance &
impurity requirements for steels and alloys in ITER – an Assessment Division and a specially created Management
area formerly missing from the technical baseline. and Quality Program (MQP) Working Group, the structure
The ITER electromagnetic integration team created of the ITER MQP program has been simplified – resulting
an analysis model for locked and rotating vertical in improved logic, clearer hierarchy and ownership, and
displacement events based on interpretation of results the elimination of process duplication. During monthly
obtained on the European tokamak JET: this working group meetings, participants carried out a
electromagnetic analysis model was extensively comprehensive review of MQP documents and begin
discussed by fusion community physicists and is implementing an improvement plan, including the
considered the best existing interpretation. A global update of more than 200 documents. Two of the three
model was completed for the test blanket systems and highest level documents – the Project Management Plan
delivered to users for the detailed analysis of each system. and the Quality Assurance Program – are in revision.
Large electromagnetic systems (magnet coils, passive Safety & Quality responsible officers from all
structures, power supply, busbars) will benefit from Domestic Agencies and the ITER Organization met as
integrated modelling and analysis capabilities made part of the SQAWG (Safety and Quality Assurance
possible by a new tool for operative dynamic simulations, Working Group). Through this forum information is
developed using specialized software. The geometrical shared on requirements and design conformity,
configuration of the magnetic system source currents supervision planning and inspections, procurement
was also described during the year in a standardized quality requirements, the non-conformity mechanism,
parametric specification developed from the 3D CAD and other safety and quality issues.
models for manufacturing design. Finally, the team During the reporting period, the Division verified the
provided detailed technical documents in support of effective implementation of the ITER Organization
material procurement, material test certificates, quality assurance program through 14 Domestic Agency
manufacturing reports, technical issues related to quality audits, and 15 supplier/subcontractor quality
welding, and material properties under radiation. audits covering 14 Procurement Arrangements. Through

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the resulting quality audit reports, improvements and

adjustments were obtained in the areas of supplier
evaluation, quality audit capabilities, correct application
of manufacturing inspection plans and contractual
requirements, and improvement in processes, document
management and non-conformity declarations.
Throughout the year, the Division’s quality responsible
officers supported process owners and systems teams in
ensuring that the quality procedures are correctly
established – a necessary precursor to the correct
propagation of safety and technical requirements at all
levels of the project.

SAFETY DEPARTMENT (SD)

The Safety Department supports the Director-General in all
matters related to environmental protection, nuclear safety,
licensing, occupational health and safety, and safety and Pouring begins in April for the B1-level basemat of the Tokamak Building in respect of
security. It ensures that safety and security standards are the 2016-2017 ITER Council milestones.
implemented and enforced throughout the ITER Project with
all concerned stakeholders in compliance with Host country for systems containing protection important
safety and security regulations. components (PICs) and for transverse activities such as
An important milestone was reached in July 2016 as calculations, transportation and assembly that may have
the last hold point for building construction was lifted an impact on safety. The number of declared non-
by the French Nuclear Regulator ASN. Related to the conformities for all systems is rising on par with the
construction of neutral beam cells at the L1 level of the increase of work – a situation that reflects the proper
Tokamak Building, this was the last hold point before the identification by contractors of discrepancies, but one
start of the assembly phase. that must be managed to avoid backlog in the future.
The global management of non-conformities, from
detection to closure, has been fine-tuned in order to
A new Nuclear Integration Unit has been reduce the number of long-term files. The Department is
created to promote a fully integrated also supporting the resolution of supplier deviation
nuclear engineering approach in compliance requests in order to authorize possible modifications
with project and regulatory requirements. without impact on the safety cases of ITER.
In 2016 ASN performed an inspection on the
surveillance of external contractors for cryostat
Acting as the representative of the nuclear operator manufacturing; three other on-site inspections during the
(the ITER Organization), the Environmental Protection & year were focused either on the civil works or the design
Nuclear Safety Division maintains independent of support equipment for completing construction.
surveillance activities as established in French Corrective actions were undertaken by the ITER
regulations for Basic Nuclear Installations (INB). This Organization and the Domestic Agencies in response to
includes interfacing with local, national and ASN requests linked to these inspections. The French
international government agencies and entities with Nuclear Regulator continues to monitor the central ITER
respect to safety; reinforcing the control on the chain of Organization in order to assess reliability and compliance
contractors/suppliers in conformity with the INB Order; with the French safety regulations. The modified design
and carrying out surveillance activities in the context of of the vacuum vessel pressure suppression system
changes in project organization. Regular technical (VVPSS) was submitted to the Regulator in February.
exchanges continue with ASN on the prescriptions A continuing preoccupation of the Safety Department
related to the demands of the official Ministerial decree is to ensure that a safety attitude is embedded
that created the ITER INB. At its meeting in August, for throughout the project. In 2016, together with the
example, the ASN director confirmed that the staged Central Integration Office, the Department undertook to
approach to assembly is compatible with ITER licensing. qualify Project Team staff with respect to applicable
To ensure compliance with French regulations, nuclear safety regulations and general nuclear safety
surveillance plans have been reinforced – in particular culture. Workshops were organized to address the

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distillation of the safety culture across the entire scope of for ITER, mockups are planned for assembly process
the project, including design and manufacturing; non- qualification and technical staff training.
conformity management; protection important The effort to procure 88 kilometres of niobium-tin
components, activities and defined requirements; the (Nb3Sn) superconductor for ITER’s toroidal field coils
compliance matrix for safety requirements; came to an end in December as the last unit length left
manufacturing and inspection plans; release notes; and the production line. The fabrication of the final coils –
as-built files. Members of the Department continue to be each made up of a conductor winding pack (seven
a regular presence at the public meetings of the Local stacked double pancakes) and stainless steel coil case –
Information Commission (CLI). is now in the hands of Europe and Japan. In a major
As part of the Safety Department, the Division for achievement, Europe completed its first winding pack in
Security, Health & Safety is responsible for the protection October; following final verification, this 110-tonne
of people and property, the protection of nuclear component will be transferred to the coil manufacturer
materials, the protection of data, and the health and for cold testing and insertion into a coil case. Headway
safety of workers. In fulfilling these missions, the Division was also made in Japan, where the first winding pack
maintains close relations with security and occupational will be finalized early next year and manufacturers are
safety Host state representatives. All occupation health on schedule to complete the first full set of toroidal field
risks are now grouped in a centralized database, which coil cases and intercoil structures. An insert coil built
lists the risks according to plant system or machine from ITER toroidal field conductor was tested in a
function and identifies mitigation measures. A tool for specialized facility in Japan under ITER-like conditions.
the management of chemical products on the ITER site Initial results are under investigation as they show some
was added in 2016. degradation under prolonged electromagnetic cycling.
The Division also manages general emergency The first series element of the poloidal field coil
procedures, keeping intervention plans updated for procurement program (a production double pancake)
every building, verifying emergency materials on a was manufactured in Russia for ITER’s smallest poloidal
monthly basis, and organizing occupational safety and field magnet. Series manufacturing is also slated to
security exercises. For the worksite area, induction safety begin in China for poloidal field coil #6 and at ITER for
training is managed centrally for all staff and contractors, coil #5 following the successful qualification of winding,
regardless of employer. helium inlet and joint welding processes for these coils
that are under European procurement. In the on-site
TOKAMAK ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT (TED) facility where Europe will manufacture the four
The Tokamak Engineering Department is in charge of the largest coils (#2-5), equipment was installed in 2016
design, procurement, acceptance, installation, commissioning, for the later-phase manufacturing steps; in addition, a
and operation of all core tokamak systems (blanket, divertor, final contract was awarded for the full fabrication and
vacuum vessel, cryostat, thermal shields, magnets, in-vessel cold testing process.
coils, port plugs and diagnostics, heating and current drive)
plus the Test Blanket Module program and system
instrumentation. In preparing for the assembly and installation
of components on site, the Department coordinates
increasingly with the Construction Department and dedicated
teams for Tokamak and Tokamak Complex assembly.
Nine years into the campaign to produce ITER’s large
superconducting magnet systems, collaboration
between the six procuring Domestic Agencies and the
ITER Organization continues to produce results: the
principal components are on schedule; technical issues
are dealt with on a day-to-day basis; and quality control
remains a top priority. With the first large magnet – a
toroidal field coil from Japan – expected on site in 2019,
planning has begun for the assembly phase, as teams
work to define specific handling and installation tools,
develop installation processes, and finalize
A European contractor practices one important step in poloidal field coil manufacturing
magnet/vacuum vessel and magnet/tooling interfaces.
– the creation of helium inlets in the conductor unit lengths.
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completed assessments of preliminary trials on supports

and clamps. The mockup of a sliding concept for in-vessel
coil supports has been tested at the MIFI magnet facility.
The procurement of three other magnet packages –
magnet supports (China), toroidal pre-compression rings
(Europe) and magnet instrumentation (ITER Organization)
– is also progressing. The first elements of the toroidal field
supports were machined and welding has started on
struts. Extensive R&D and analysis is underway for the
toroidal pre-compression rings that will contribute to
reducing the fatigue of the toroidal magnet structures,
and a full-size test facility is planned. Finally, the delivery of
magnet instrumentation to the coil manufacturers in
Before the start of welding on the cryostat base the team performs a coconut ceremony the Domestic Agencies continues in a timely fashion.
in the Cryostat Workshop, calling on the protection of Ganesha –“Remover of Obstacles.” The first welding operations for the ITER cryostat
started in the on-site Cryostat Workshop in September
A key milestone was reached in the fabrication of following the assembly of the tier-one base segments
the central solenoid magnet as US contractors wound on a dedicated support frame. By the end of the year
the first production module in April from over 100 specialists had completed the welding of the sandwich
tonnes (6,000 metres) of Nb3Sn conductor supplied by base plates under the oversight of the Indian Domestic
Japan; this module will now move on to the month- Agency and non-destructive examination of the welds
long heat treatment phase. Work continues in parallel was underway; six tier-two base segments and a second
to validate the full fabrication process, with the assembly frame also arrived at ITER. During a visit to the
qualification coil advancing to the resin impregnation Workshop in July, the French Regulator ASN confirmed
station. In other program achievements, the effective management of external contractors and
commissioning tests were performed on the cold test compliance with regulatory provisions.
facility up to 48.5 kA, progress was recorded in first-of- Manufacturing progresses in India on the next part of
series fabrication for the central solenoid structure the cryostat to be assembled – the lower cylinder – and
(lower keyblocks, tie plates), and Japan finalized 75 on penetrations for the two lower sections. Procurement
percent of total conductor unit lengths. milestones were met as well for several cryostat
The ITER correction coils have entered production in subsystems: a final design review was held for cryostat
China, where the first eight-turn winding was achieved instrumentation and control; designs and drawings were
for the bottom coils and tasks to qualify the full completed for the heating and diagnostic neutral
manufacturing scope of the bottom coils (joints, coil case, beam shielding blocks; and the call for nomination for
case closure) and the side coils (winding, impregnation, the rectangular bellows is now ready for launch. In
case) progressed through prototyping. A manufacturing 2016, studies were initiated for the temporary storage
readiness review planned next year for the coil cases will of completed cryostat sections on the ITER site.
trigger the industrial production of these key elements. Four ITER Domestic Agencies are involved in the
The first magnet feeder component – a cryostat procurement of the ITER vacuum vessel, which
feedthrough for poloidal field coil #4 – entered comprises not only the nine main vessel sectors (Europe,
fabrication in 2016, while the bulk of other components Korea) but also in-wall shielding (India) and port
passed manufacturing readiness reviews and the first structures (Korea, Russia). For the main vessel, the
high voltage feedthrough prototype was tested manufacturing design is now complete for all sectors
successfully. Series production kicked off for high plus the port stub extensions; cutting, forming,
temperature superconductor current leads in 2016 machining and welding activities are also progressing
following successful qualification activities. on the many sub-parts of the four poloidal segments
Two non-superconducting coil systems will be installed that form each sector. Fabrication activities in Korea are
inside the ITER vacuum vessel to augment plasma control 55 percent complete for sector #6 and 22 percent
capabilities. As part of a multiyear R&D program on the complete for sector #1; the first T-ribs have been welded
design of these in-vessel coils the ITER team completed to inner shells and the assembly of in-wall shielding
the re-evaluation of expected electro-magnetic loads, blocks will begin next year. In Europe more than two-
selected the final design of the conductor (circular), thirds of flexible housings were completed for sector #5
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for the first time to realize a poloidal segment sub- shaping was examined by a panel of experts in
assembly. The first activities have begun on sector #4. September. The panel underlined the importance of
A recovery plan was implemented in 2016 to achieving challenging tolerances in the vertical target
mitigate slippage in the manufacturing and delivery region where the plasma strike point is expected and
schedule for European vacuum vessel sectors. As part recommended further qualification activities on heat
of this plan, the responsibility for sectors #7 and #8 load and tungsten material specifications. The current
was transferred from Europe to the ITER Organization baseline shaping (toroidal bevel) was retained for the
for fabrication in Korea – a swap that does not modify inner vertical target, while a more complex shaping
the overall cost sharing. Other measures include the (planar bevel) was preferred for the outer vertical target
reinforcement of the European manufacturing to protect both the toroidal and poloidal edges. These
consortium through an additional subcontractor and recommendations will now be addressed by the ITER
improvements in the way oversight is managed. team and the International Tokamak Physics Activity
Manufacturing is underway on port extensions and (ITPA) group on divertor and scrape-off layer physics.
stub extensions for the lower and upper ports in Korea
and Russia respectively – when completed and tested,
these elements will be transferred to the vacuum vessel The first welding and radiographic testing
sector manufacturers for welding onto sectors. As part of activities for the ITER cryostat begin in a
the neutron shielding of the vacuum vessel, thousands dedicated workshop on site in 2016.
of in-wall shielding elements are in production in India.
The sustainment of the production throughput for these
schedule-critical items – needed for the completion of Two European companies are in the process of
vacuum vessel sectors – is being closely monitored. In realizing full-scale divertor cassette body prototypes
Korea, the manufacturing of the vacuum vessel thermal and delivery is expected next year after a series of
shield has now reached the half-way milestone and factory acceptance tests. Manufacturing is also
other 2016 highlights included the completion of the underway on prototypes of the divertor dome in
thermal shield silver coating facility, the qualification Russia, where the ITER Divertor Test Facility is already
of helium leak test procedures, the start of fabrication simulating the demanding heat loads expected during
on the cryostat and support thermal shields, and the operation in ITER. Small-scale mockups with tungsten
close-out of final design reviews for instrumentation monoblocks have been manufactured by three different
and piping manifolds. companies in Europe as part of the pre-qualification
The full tungsten divertor is a high-value component phase of the inner target. Following high heat flux
and the one that must withstand the highest heat load testing in Russia, pre-qualified companies will be asked
of the machine. As part of an ongoing effort to minimize to manufacture a full-scale inner target prototype. A last
the risk of damage or degradation during the annual highlight – with direct relevance for the ITER
operational phase, the question of divertor monoblock divertor program – was the successful first plasma of
the Tore Supra/WEST project in December. Updated
with an ITER-like tungsten divertor, WEST will be able to
test tungsten technology, acquire data on metal fatigue,
and explore the boundary conditions of components in
its operational program that kicks off in 2017.
As part of blanket first wall qualification, beryllium-
tiled “fingers” designed and manufactured in China
performed well in high heat flux tests – an achievement
which opened the way for the signature in November of
the First Wall Procurement Arrangement with the
Chinese Domestic Agency. In other programmatic
achievements, planning is underway in China and Korea
for the challenging series fabrication of blanket shield
blocks and their 200 design variants; Europe is qualifying
three first wall suppliers in expectation of a Procurement
At the PRIMA neutral beam test facility in Italy, a full size ion source – equivalent to the one Arrangement signature next year; Russia is manufacturing
that will be used on the heating neutral beams at ITER – will be developed on the SPIDER test
a new first wall semi-prototype; and the last activities were
bed. In 2016, Europe delivers the ion source and extraction grid power supply. Photo: OCEM ET
carried out to close-out the final design of the blanket

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Korea is responsible for manufacturing all vacuum vessel equatorial and lower ports. In
2016, work begins on the first lower port stub extension (pictured) and port extension.
Photo: ITER Korea

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manifold system. Conceptual design reviews were held for Arrangement was signed in April with Russia on the port
the protective structures that will be temporarily installed plug structures for lower port 8.
inside the vacuum vessel during first-phase assembly (First The diagnostics team has clarified diagnostic delivery
Plasma protection components) and for operational schedules in line with the ITER assembly phases, adding
instrumentation required to monitor the loads on internal some new systems in relation to specific First Plasma
components. Finally, the Beryllium Management requirements. System designs are advancing in all ITER
Committee continues to meet regularly to pursue the safe Members and the earliest-need diagnostics have
implementation of beryllium handling and storage at ITER. entered the manufacturing phase. Completed CER coils
It is envisaged that six technological solutions for a
tritium breeding blanket system will be operated and
tested for the first time in ITER; these solutions are The principal ITER magnets – the toroidal
under development now by the ITER Members. Five and poloidal field magnet systems, the
systems have concluded the conceptual design phase – central solenoid, and the correction coils –
China’s helium-cooled ceramic breeder, Korea’s helium- are all in production.
cooled ceramic reflector, Japan’s water-cooled ceramic
breeder, and Europe’s helium-cooled lithium-lead and
helium-cooled pebble bed systems – and kick-off (for “continuous external Rogowski” coils) are ready for
meetings have been held to launch the preliminary factory acceptance testing in Europe, mineral insulated
design phase in both China and Korea. Test Blanket cables were produced in Japan for the micro fission
Module (TBM) Leaders are also developing compliance chambers, and start of manufacturing is imminent for
strategies with European regulations on nuclear the outer vessel magnetic coils and the neutron flux
pressure vessels (ESP/ESPN), preparing for the trilateral monitor for equatorial port 7. R&D activities for technical
agreements that must be signed with the ITER issues common to many systems, such as loom
Organization and the Host country on the management attachments, welding to the vacuum vessel, mirror
of radioactive waste, and harmonizing inputs in view of cleaning, and the radiation environment, advance
reporting to the French safety authority in 2017. constructively and plans are maturing to launch
The need dates for the test blanket systems were framework contracts in several key program areas such
clarified during the year in relation to the staged as diagnostic instrumentation and control, remote
approach to assembly. To meet the deadline for the first handling, mirror cleaning and shutter engineering,
components due on site – the connection pipes for the optical diagnostics, and first wall fabrication.
test blanket systems – the design was advanced in-house Within the new staged approach to ITER operation the
before a contract was concluded for final design. second antenna of the ion cyclotron system and
Contracts were also awarded for safety studies on the test associated power supplies has been reintroduced into
blanket module port cells and for RAMI analysis of the the construction baseline and budget. Both antennas are
port plugs. All Members reported steady progress in the to be procured together by the European Domestic
R&D activities carried out in support of the test blanket Agency as the most economical path forward. The design
module program. of the antenna is progressing and a global analysis model
In pursuit of the joint tender approach adopted for the has been developed to evaluate the most stringent loads
procurement of diagnostic port plug structures – the on the components. In other R&D activities Europe tested
“containers” that will host ITER’s port-based diagnostic
systems – a common supplier was chosen in October.
Eight equatorial and 14 upper port plug structures will
be shipped by the manufacturer to the Domestic
Agencies for the integration of drawers with diagnostic
elements, shielding modules, and diagnostic first walls.
In other news, engineering teams are advancing the
standardization of port infrastructure looking – in
particular – at modular concepts to ease integration and
maintenance; work progressed on the development of a
prototype generic first wall; and electromagnetic
disruption loads were defined for the port plugs in order
This roots pump prototype – under development for ITER's vacuum system – has completed
to move forward with component design and port
the testing process in the US. Photo: US ITER
integration. A Complementary Diagnostic Procurement

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small-size mockups of the Faraday screens, a cold spray have been installed and the first set of voltage holding
copper coating technique was trialled with success on tests is planned early next year. The high voltage bushing
titanium alloy, and tests have started on joining is also expected soon. Europe has awarded a preparatory
techniques between titanium and stainless steel. The contract for the MITICA beam source, with three potential
Indian Domestic Agency has developed two prototypes suppliers undertaking manufacturing designs.
for the system’s radio frequency sources and is testing To lay the groundwork for the heating and
them in order to decide on series fabrication. The US diagnostic neutral beams at ITER, a preliminary design
continues to validate the performance of different review was held for the largest all-metal valve ever
designed – the absolute valve that will connect each
neutral beam injector in the neutral beam cell to the
All planned milestones for the ITER vacuum vessel. Preparation is underway for the
cryogenic system were successfully signature of the European Procurement Arrangement
achieved, including the finalization of most that covers the heating neutral beam vessels, passive
of the components for the liquid helium and magnetic shielding, active correction coils, and front-
liquid nitrogen plants. end components. A proposal has been made to install
the large captive components for a third neutral beam
injector during early construction in order to maintain
transmission line subcomponent prototypes, and a plant an important potential for flexibility in the operation
control system prototype has entered the trial phase in of the ITER facility should an upgrade be decided.
ITER’s CODAC lab. The maturing design of the ion In advance of the operation of the neutral beam test
cyclotron system has permitted all requirements to be facility, the half-size ion source ELISE (IPP Garching,
defined for the on-site Radio Frequency Heating Building Germany) is producing results that are very important
and construction on that structure has started. to optimizing source performance and proving the
Five Domestic Agencies and the ITER Organization concept of large-scale negative ion caesiated sources.
are sharing in the design and procurement of ITER’s Important advances have been made in resolving high
microwave heating system – electron cyclotron power arcing issues that will allow operation at ITER-
resonance heating. Following lengthy qualification relevant power parameters. The experimental program
programs, series manufacturing started in 2016 for the for 2017 will concentrate on high power discharges
microwave sources (gyrotrons) in Russia and Japan, with a focus on controlling co-extracted electrons in
and for the first power supply unit in Europe. Two deuterium discharges.
diamond disks were also successfully produced for the The Indian Domestic Agency is developing a test
vacuum-tight window that will seal the vacuum vessel facility for the components and the design of the
but allow the system’s electromagnetic waves to reach diagnostic neutral beam for ITER. The vacuum vessel has
the plasma. US contractors completed mode purity been installed and manufacturing is now underway on
analysis on the full transmission line and pursued the the diagnostic neutral beam source and, more recently,
testing of prototype components; Japan has diagnostic neutral beam line components.
completed the first prototype body power supply; and
India is ready to award its first high voltage power
supply contract in 2017. A joint ITER Organization-US
ITER team is collaborating with industry to design an
isolation shutter valve that can ensure confinement at
each transmission line “point of entry” in the buildings.
The PRIMA neutral beam test facility at Consorzio RFX in
Padua, Italy, comprises the ion source testbed SPIDER and
the full-scale neutral beam injector MITICA. SPIDER is in its
final assembly phases and facility commissioning activities
have started, including the testing of components
procured by Europe (SPIDER vacuum vessel, high
voltage deck, gas and vacuum system) and India (beam
dump, 100 kV power supply). Integrated commissioning
of this test bed can begin once the beam source, the most The US Domestic Agency is testing electron cyclotron waveguide performance at Japan's QST,
the National Institute for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology. The electron
critical component of the system, is delivered.
cyclotron system is one of three external heating systems at ITER. Photo: US ITER
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PLANT ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT (PED)

The Plant Engineering Department provides a fully qualified
range of services and facilities for the operation of the ITER
Tokamak. PED is responsible for the design, procurement,
installation, and testing of electrical and power supply
distribution, cooling water, cryogenics, vacuum, fuel cycle and
remote handling, as well as the management of radioactive
materials, radioactive waste, and dismantlement. In the
construction organization established for the assembly and
installation phase, the Department also coordinates with the
Construction Management-as-Agent project manager and
forms the basis for the dedicated team for plant installation.
The Plant Engineering Department adjusted its
internal organization in 2016 to prepare for a ramp-up of
plant installation activities expected next year as access
becomes available to the Site Services Building, the Japan is supplying the high voltage power supplies and the high voltage bushing
magnet power conversion area, and the zones for (pictured) for MITICA, a full-scale ITER neutral beam injector under construction at the
cryogenics and cooling. A newly created Field PRIMA neutral beam test facility in Italy. Photo: ITER Japan
Engineering Installation Division now forms the basis for
the construction team for plant installation, defined as mitigation possibilities for the risk of hydrogen explosion
“balance of plant” installation works (worksites 3, 4 and and to validate the efficiency of steam condensation in
5) and beyond (i.e., busbar and multi-process line the new strategy. Four vapour suppression tanks for this
installation). The new Division will interact closely with important system – designed to protect the ITER vacuum
systems owners in the engineering divisions as well as vessel from over pressurization caused by the loss of
the Construction Management-as-Agent contractor as it coolant from the in-vessel components – are now on
carries out in-field engineering support and surveillance order to respect schedule milestones.
in the areas of electrical systems, mechanical, and The Tokamak Cooling Water System (TCWS) Division
piping. The first activities are already underway. at ITER continues efforts to optimize the machine’s
All planned milestones for the ITER cryogenic system primary heat removal system. The design of the
were successfully achieved in 2016. Manufacturers have systems needed for First Plasma is progressing –
finalized most of the components of the liquid helium including those features added to support the new
and liquid nitrogen plants and shipped 1,500 tonnes of design of the vacuum vessel pressure suppression
material; construction of the cryoplant buildings and system – and a final design review is expected next
infrastructure progresses on site; and the procurement year. Value engineering confirmed that the TCWS can
of the cryodistribution system advances in India, where manage increased loads on the vacuum vessel up to
contractors have tested the performance of the 32 MW, and the preliminary design of in-cryostat
prototype torus cryolines, launched fabrication of liquid vacuum vessel and divertor/blanket heat transfer
nitrogen cryolines, and advanced to the final systems was completed and transferred to a
engineering design phase on the warm lines, cryolines subcontractor for final design. Quality audits were
and cryodistribution boxes. To maximize efficiency in the conducted by the US Domestic Agency and the ITER
management of on-site assembly sequences, part of the Safety Department and both were passed successfully.
Indian scope (Group-X cryolines) has been transferred to Fabrication has started for the first batch of nuclear-
the ITER Organization. All scope holders (European and grade stainless-steel piping and fittings in the US,
Indian Domestic Agencies plus the ITER Organization) Germany and India; delivery to the ITER site of at least
now meet regularly in the context of the new Cryogenic one batch per year between 2017 and 2021 is planned.
Project Team as this widely distributed plant system The design and fabrication of the secondary cooling
transitions from design and manufacturing to the circuits under Indian scope advanced during the
construction and commissioning phase. reporting period, with final design reviews held
The task force for the re-design of the vacuum vessel successfully for the heat removal system in April and the
pressure suppression system completed its work in 2016 component cooling/chilled cooling water systems in
and the new configuration was endorsed in a preliminary September. Factory acceptance tests took place for the
design review. The design is now under review by the ozonator package, and manufacturing readiness reviews
Agreed Notified Body, and studies continue to confirm were held for a number of other packages including

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allocation of requirements and commissioning plans; and

assisting the Domestic Agencies. Input was provided to
the construction team for electrical distribution on site –
scope which covers the electrical switchyard civil works as
well as the low and medium voltage load centres that are
distributed among the buildings. Technical documents
for energy contracts, electricity transport, operation
and maintenance, and electrical measurements were
prepared as part of the lead-up to testing, commissioning
and operation.
Procurement is underway for ITER’s coil power supply
and distribution system following a multiyear
qualification and testing program that validated the
robustness of system design. China plans to ship five
poloidal field AC/DC converter units in 2017 plus the first
reactive power compensator, which has been
These test stands at the Efremov Institute in Russia are ready to receive key elements of successfully tested with the instrumentation and control
the ITER power supply and superconducting magnet protection system for testing in 2017. (I&C) integration kit provided by the ITER CODAC team.
Photo: ITER Russia Korea has completed testing on the first correction coil
AC/DC converter unit and the converter transformers for
cooling towers, stainless steel seamless pipes, pressurizers, the correction and vertical stability coils; Russia
chillers and heat exchangers. Regular shipments of continues the series manufacturing and delivery of
cooling water piping were received in 2016, including the switching network components; contractors
Lot 1A captive pipe spools needed for early installation. completed the conceptual design of the in-vessel coil
The European Domestic Agency, which is responsible for busbars; and seismic tests were carried out on the fast
on-site infrastructure, has begun preparing for first-phase discharge resistors for the toroidal field coils. Globally,
buried pipe installation and is advancing civil work on the the integration of the coil power supply system was
site of the cooling towers and basins. improved in 2016 through the optimization of interfaces
ITER will require electrical power in two forms: DC and all on-site installation sequences were confirmed
current for plasma operations (through the coil power with the procuring Domestic Agencies.
supply system and the pulsed power electrical network, Advanced planning continues for the installation of
PPEN) and AC current for the industrial auxiliaries such cable trays in ITER buildings and underground galleries.
as the cryoplant and buildings (through the steady Cable tray execution drawings were issued for first-need
state electrical network, SSEN). Through sustained areas and others are in the final review process; the time
shipments from procuring parties China, Europe and required for the generation of cable diagrams was also
the United States, ITER’s main warehouse facility now reduced through a semi-automatic program developed
houses rows of electrical components for both in house. The location of cable trays for the 400 kV
networks as over 90 percent of SSEN and 80 percent of substation was confirmed and the first material was
PPEN material has now been received on site. Factory installed for the SSEN bays that will be brought on line
acceptance tests have been completed on the balance early next year. To guarantee the functionality of safety-
of SSEN power distribution components and deliveries related cables, the thickness of wrapping material
should be completed next year; fabrication and testing around cable trays was calculated in relation to fire
is also progressing well on coil power supply system hazard; test campaigns were also held to qualify
and pulsed power distribution components. All three equipment submitted to static magnetic field and the
massive PPEN transformers were shipped by China and results were submitted to the French Nuclear Regulator.
installation activities on site have started. Electrical A contract awarded by Europe in 2016 for the supply
distribution will be the first ITER plant system to enter of the cask and plug system means that all four in-vessel
into production, with the planned energization of one remote handling systems are now in the hands of
portion of the SSEN network early in 2017. industry. To identify common technological challenges
The Plant Engineering Department continues to and promote standardization, the Department invited
share its electrical engineering expertise project-wide, engineers from the suppliers to interact with system
supporting plant system responsible officers; carrying out owners and designers at a technical workshop held on
electrical simulations and stress test analyses; reviewing site in November.

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Procuring parties Europe, Japan and the ITER management building in order to pre-assemble the first
Organization worked together to redefine the need wall components (water-cooled tiles) to be installed in the
dates for remote handling equipment in relation to the vacuum vessel in full respect of regulatory requirements.
staged approach to construction. This re-baselining The Tritium Plant is essentially a nuclear gas processing
exercise resulted in significant cost savings through plant – receiving deuterium-tritium-helium gases,
the elimination of one tool that had been under removing impurities, separating isotopes and helium, and
consideration (the multi-purpose deployer) and the returning gases back to the fuelling systems – but the
increased functionality of the blanket remote handling scale and processing demands of ITER make system
system. Projects were initiated with ASIPP (China) and
CCFE/RACE (UK) for the development and testing of
mockups for remote handling, tooling, and Electrical distribution will be the first ITER
component refurbishment; contracts have also been plant system to come on line, with the
established for support in the design, development planned energization of one portion of the
and planned operation of the remote handling steady state network next year.
transfer casks and systems planned for the ITER Hot
Cell. A conceptual design review was successfully held
for the maintenance and decontamination facilities designs challenging. The systems for storage and delivery,
that will be necessary for remote handling equipment. isotope separation, and analytics are the subject of
Work is underway to complete the conceptual design ongoing design and R&D studies; the tokamak exhaust
of the Hot Cell Complex (facility and processes) by the processing system has advanced to the preliminary
end of 2017; to this end, a large number of integration, design phase; and progress on the design of captive
design and safety activities have been launched. A piping for the atmosphere detritiation system means that
consortium was chosen for the design of the building, installation in the Tokamak Complex can be envisioned in
multiple contracts were signed for process development the near term. The atmosphere detritiation system is
(radwaste cutting station, liquid radwaste evaporator, entering the final design phase and key studies have been
tritium removal furnace, laboratory, in-vessel component completed on the efficiency of scrubber column tritiated
maintenance), and a framework contract was launched water collection. Six of the largest tritiated water storage
for the safety analysis of the Hot Cell Facility. The joint tanks for the water detritiation system were installed in
ITER Organization/Agence Iter France working group the basement of the Tokamak Complex and progress was
continues to think ahead to the issues of radwaste made on both the safety analysis of Tritium Plant
management and waste disposal in France. A workshop equipment and the atmosphere detritiation qualification
was held to raise awareness on decommissioning issues plan, which was presented to the Regulatory body.
that must be incorporated today in the design of systems The conceptual engineering of ITER’s fuelling system is
(handling, licensing issues) and collaboration has started also progressing. The US is testing a dual nozzle for the
with France’s permanent waste repository ANDRA on pellet injection system capable of delivering two types
storage issues such as packaging and acceptance criteria. of fuelling pellets, while in China – following the final
A beryllium facilities working group was also created to design review – the gas distribution manifold system is
develop technical options for a beryllium storage area and transitioning to the manufacturing readiness review
phase. The engineering design of a disruption mitigation
system based on hybrid shattered pellet injection for
deuterium-tritium operation and massive gas injection
for non-active operation advances in the US. Studies are
underway on port integration and support, and a task
agreement was signed to study shattered pellet
injection as a disruption mitigation technique at the
European tokamak JET.
All ITER vacuum systems are progressing to
manufacturing: the assembly of finalized torus pre-
production cryopump components is underway;
vacuum auxiliary system flanges are ready to ship from
Accurate dimension control is applied from component fabrication to final assembly at the US; testing has been concluded on the cryoviscous
ITER. Optical metrologists are already a common sight as they measure the as-built
compressor and a roots pump prototype; design and
locations of the systems.
build activities have started for the all-metal scroll

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The Tokamak assembly pit is visible through the open end of the Assembly Hall. When
the building over the pit is completed, the assembly cranes will travel back and forth
delivering their loads.

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pumps; and testing continues on dust filtering. The a) Tokamak machine assembly; b) systems installation
Procurement Arrangement covering cryopumps for in the Tokamak Complex; and c) conventional plant
ITER’s heating and diagnostic neutral beam systems as installation. Each of the teams integrates resources
well as for the MITICA neutral beam test stand was from engineering departments and offices as well as
signed with Europe in June. the Domestic Agencies and the CMA team in order to
As part of a standardization program that will make all- capture the working knowledge of components and
metal ultra-high valves available at reduced prices, a first systems that has accumulated across the project and
production batch was received from the manufacturer for to ensure the integrated organization of assembly and
testing. The procurement of vacuum pipework has been installation activities in specific zones on site.
launched following the award of a contract in April, and a In the new reorganization, the Tokamak Assembly
small batch of seamless stainless-steel piping has already Division has become the basis for the integrated team
been received for inspection. Contracts kicked off for the for Tokamak machine assembly and, as such, has full
manufacture of a full-size rig to test the sealing of the responsibility for all assembly-related activities in the
equatorial ports and test blanket module flanges, and for Tokamak Pit as well as the Assembly Hall and Cleaning
the manufacturing of double metallic seals. Facility (worksite 1). In 2016, the group revisited the

CONSTRUCTION DEPARTMENT (CST)

The Construction Department ensures that all ITER facilities A major milestone is achieved
are designed and built according to ITER Organization in June with the selection of the
requirements; manages transport, logistics and materials Construction Management-as-Agent that
management services; and plans, organizes and executes will provide key support to the ITER
assembly-phase works on the ITER site until turnover to the Organization during the assembly phase.
operation teams for start-up and commissioning. CST works
closely with the engineering departments to receive the
necessary specifications and documents for construction, the tendering strategy for machine assembly with an eye to
Environmental Protection & Nuclear Safety Division to lowering the inherent risk of long-term, large-sized
implement processes and procedures that ensure compliance contracts. Component interfaces were also scrutinized
with French nuclear regulations, and the European Domestic to ensure compatibility with installation procedures and
Agency in relation to the detailed design and construction of tooling; toroidal field coils, for example, interface with
the buildings and site infrastructure. The Department also both the sector sub-assembly tool and the in-pit
coordinates with the Construction Management-as-Agent support tool. Metrology teams have been dispatched to
project manager and dedicated teams for Tokamak machine manufacturing sites in the ITER Members to record the
and Tokamak Complex assembly and installation. as-built dimensions of large machine components in
A major milestone was achieved in June with the fabrication and to verify tolerances.
selection of the Construction Management-as-Agent The development of purpose-built tools for ITER
(CMA) – the contractor that will provide key support to assembly activities continues in Korea, where the first of
the ITER Organization during the integration and two sector sub-assembly units is being assembled and a
assembly of the components delivered by Members. final design review was held for other phase-one tools.
The CMA will coordinate and supervise on-site work in Tooling packages under the direct responsibility of the
support of the ITER Organization construction teams ITER Organization also progressed: the qualification of
managing the assembly/installation contracts for the the tools and equipment that will be required for
entire site and bring best industry practice to bear in vacuum vessel in-pit welding is on schedule and the first
all processes, services and systems. feasibility simulations on full-scale sector and port
The arrival of the first CMA team on site and mockups is set to begin; development continues on in-
subsequent contract kick-off meeting came as part of vessel access and handling systems; and the conclusion
a more general reorganization of construction of a major framework contract in 2016 will allow the CST
management as the ITER Organization prepares for an Department to move forward with the auxiliary tools
increased role in site activity. The new organizational needed for early machine installation activities.
matrix introduced in September integrates the CMA The Tokamak Complex Division focuses on the
contractor in the ITER construction team, clarifies installation of Tokamak Complex systems through the
oversight responsibilities, and – while preserving integrated construction team charged with worksite 2.
functional units – creates integrated construction In 2016, construction package proposals were drawn up
teams to focus on three geographical areas related to: in support of the upcoming award of major Tokamak

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Complex installation contracts; these packages also basemat of the Tokamak Building were among the
transfer important constructability information to the milestones achieved. Progress was made on the final
CMA contractor. By thoroughly reviewing installation design and interfaces of the cryostat bearings, which is
sequences up to First Plasma, the Division identified an important prerequisite to starting civil work on the
captive equipment that might be needed by Tokamak concrete crown that will support the cryostat at B2 level.
Complex systems at a later phase and specified the The 60-metre-tall ITER Assembly Building has been
temporary infrastructure needed to optimize assembly equipped with handling cranes capable of lifting 1,500
activities. In interaction with design and engineering tonnes and dressed out in polished steel cladding – with
teams, the Domestic Agencies and the CMA contractor, the exception of the west wall, where a temporary cover is
the Division seeks to increase the efficiency of assembly in place until the completion of the Tokamak Building.
execution through its knowledge of sequences, access, Eight other building projects are also underway: European
and systems installation methodology. contractors completed the site service and cleaning
facilities; erected the skeletal structures of the cryoplant
and the building for radio frequency heating; launched
Work on ITER's main scientific facility – the excavation and preparatory work on the sites of magnet
Tokamak Complex – is now evolving at or power conversion and cooling towers; and advanced
above platform level. the underground technical galleries and electrical
switchyard infrastructure. The first transformer was
installed on the platform for the pulsed power electrical
The Construction Management Division forms the core network in October and three other beds are ready.
of the new Construction Management and Coordination In addition to hundreds of conventional loads, 23
Team, with responsibility for the coordinated procedures highly exceptional load convoys reached ITER in 2016
for the tendering and management of construction including those for the massive beams for the Assembly
contracts between the ITER Organization and suppliers. Hall cranes, large cryoplant components and segments
In 2016 the Division developed an optimized assembly of the ITER cryostat. As part of planning for the
procurement strategy that is compatible with the increased deliveries – and increased staff – expected in
updated project schedule and that, while dividing the the years ahead, the Facilities, Logistics & Materials
work into manageable packages, takes interfaces Division oversaw the completion of a new access road
between work areas into account. Nine contracts are to ITER’s largest storage warehouse, as well as a 200-
planned to cover all first-phase assembly and installation person office building and parking lot for construction
activities. As part of preparation activities, the Division staff. Two new warehouse areas will be added on site, an
has developed a code of safe practice in radiographic off-site warehouse – managed by ITER’s global logistics
testing that is applicable to contractors and staff alike. provider – is foreseen for bulk components, and an
The CST Department as a whole benefitted in 2016 from agreement signed with the Host Organization CEA will
interaction with the European organization CERN on provide additional local storage for some of the
its experience with the assembly and installation of extensive cooling water piping expected from India.
large scientific instruments. A workshop held at ITER in
September will be followed up next year by a visit of the
ITER construction assembly teams to CERN.
Due to an increase in workers and number of shifts on
site, the pace of building and infrastructure construction
accelerated in 2016 under the oversight of the European
Domestic Agency. Two elements of the Tokamak
Complex are now clearly visible above platform level –
the concrete bioshield, whose basement and ground
(L1) levels are in place, and the Diagnostics Building,
whose exterior walls are completely framed out at L1
level. Work also proceeds to complete the lower levels of
the Tritium and Tokamak buildings in order to make
them available for early-access assembly activities in
2018; the installation of the first captive components
The bioshield already rises over 20 metres, as construction teams advance on the third of
in the basement of the Tritium Building (six detritiation
six levels, L1.
tanks supplied by Europe) and the completion of the B1

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SCIENCE & OPERATIONS DEPARTMENT (SCOD)

The Science & Operations Department supports ITER
construction and operation in all matters related to physics
performance and plasma control requirements, the
assessment of plasma-related specifications for engineering
systems, and the development of operational and research
plans for the exploitation phase. The Department is also in
charge of the systems and infrastructure required for machine
and facility operation, in particular those related to central
instrumentation and control, and plans for the operation,
maintenance and inspection of all ITER plant systems.
The Department welcomed the first ITER Scientist
Fellows in 2016 – a group of approximately 20 scientists The first batch of all-metal, ultra-high vacuum valves is received in May for testing in the ITER
nominated by the ITER Members to contribute to ITER’s vacuum lab. Approximately 250 of these critical components will be employed on the machine.
high-priority research needs for three years. Although
remaining based at their home institutions, the Fellows phases and a larger, though avoidable, accumulation
are collaborating closely with the SCOD team on during transient phases; these results were then
targeted annual goals. confirmed in experiments carried out on operational
Work has begun to review the major elements of the tokamaks. The control of edge localized modes (ELMs)
ITER Research Plan in relation to the proposed staged by magnetic perturbation is also under investigation to
approach to assembly. At a week-long event in July, support the design of the ELM coil system. New results
fusion science experts from the Members and ITER from advanced modelling have confirmed that ELM
Organization/Domestic Agency staff clarified the control will be required for both low-energy plasmas (for
research objectives for each operational phase in relation impurity control) and high-energy plasmas (for divertor
to the availability of technical systems; these initial efforts protection), and that the number of electromagnetic
will be pursued in 2017 following the full endorsement of cycles to which the coils will be subjected can be
the staged approach by the ITER Council. substantially reduced compared to previous evaluations.
The key remaining physics design issue for the ITER The first fully integrated core-to-edge-plus-divertor
tungsten divertor – monoblock front surface shaping modelling was completed for the Q=10 scenario,
in the high heat flux areas – has advanced through the including fuelling requirements and up/down
coordinated efforts of the SCOD Department, the ramping. Scientists also completed an integrated code
International Tokamak Physics Activity (ITPA), and suite for the evaluation of fast particle losses/power
worldwide experiments. At a dedicated workshop in fluxes associated with the ELM coil control application
September, the ITER design solution to protect leading under ITER’s Integrated Modelling and Analysis Suite
edges from the glancing incidence of plasma was (IMAS), with initial results showing small particle losses
demonstrated to be satisfactory from an engineering for neutral beam injection. ITER’s integrated modelling
and physics point of view. capabilities continue to grow as specific modelling
A new graphical interface improves the experience suites from the Members’ fusion communities are
of SOLPS-ITER, which has become the most widely adapted to the IMAS framework.
used plasma boundary modelling tool in the fusion The preliminary design review for the ITER plasma
community. The user base has expanded considerably, control system, held in November, focused on First
with 120 registered users and all ITER Members Plasma and subsequent pre-fusion power phases in
represented. The understanding of material migration hydrogen and helium, but with sufficient kinetic
and fuel retention also continues to evolve – with recent (especially density) control and adequate protection
simulations of diffusion trapping kinetics (used to match against disruptions. The design of this system –
desorption measurements made on beryllium deposits responsible for controlling plasma parameters during
extracted from JET) confirming that outgassing is much a plasma shot – can now advance to the next stage.
slower than previously anticipated. The implications of The physics basis for disruption mitigation strategies
these results for the use of divertor hot gas baking as the continues to progress and the engineering design of
primary fuel recovery tool are being evaluated. the system is maturing in the US for hybrid shattered
The understanding of tungsten accumulation was pellet injection and massive gas injection concepts.
advanced through particle transport simulations that Plans to install a shattered pellet injector at JET will
predicted low tungsten accumulation during stationary allow this technique to be tested in an environment

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similar to ITER. One of the most challenging issues will

be to understand how the formation of high energy
electrons (runaway electrons) can be reliably
suppressed during disruptions.
Design activities are advancing for the three pillars of
the ITER control system – conventional control (CODAC),
central interlock (machine protection) and central safety
(nuclear and occupational). The central safety system
has entered the final design phase; manufacturing has
started on the central interlock system following a
successful final design review; and the understanding of
machine protection functions has evolved through a The skeletal structure of the Radio Frequency Heating Building is now visible up against
series of meetings with system responsible officers. the northern side of the Assembly Hall.
The qualification of components for the nuclear safety
control system continues by means of electromagnetic The Operation Management Section continues to lay
and seismic testing. the groundwork for the commissioning and operation
phases. In 2016, it delivered high-level strategy
documents on the ITER maintenance program, beryllium
The ITER Organization welcomes the first management, concept of operations, and human and
ITER Scientist Fellows in organizational factors; it also began drafting the ITER
2016 – a group of approximately 20 experts Operations Handbook and formed a team to focus on
nominated by the ITER Members to the strategy – and schedule – for commissioning. The
contribute to the project's high-priority Section has reviewed existing RAMI analysis reports with
research needs. an eye to identifying gaps, and verified the compliance
of plant system maintenance and inspection
requirements against project and safety requirements.
To ensure the integration of over 200 local plant At a workshop in April, over 50 experts from the ITER
instrumentation and control (I&C) systems into the Organization, the Domestic Agencies and industry
central system and guarantee inter-operability, the ITER discussed the future development of an ITER plant
Organization makes standardized software (CODAC Core simulator that – in mimicking the behaviour of the two
System) and hardware (integration kits) available to dozen plant systems that make up the installation – will
developers in the Domestic Agencies and ensures user help to validate foreseen operational scenarios and
support and training. Half of all integration kits have now serve as a training platform for future operators. A
been distributed; two additional versions of the CODAC contract was signed in December for the development
Core System were released in 2016; and training is of technical specifications. SCOD is also launching an
offered on site or in the form of on-line video. To prepare ITER Operations Network in preparation for the
for the arrival of the first plant I&C systems, planning has operations and maintenance phase by inviting
started for network infrastructure and the local control operations experts from other facilities to share their
rooms that will be required until the ITER Control experience. The first nominations are expected in 2017.
Building becomes available. The first version of CODAC The ITER Organization has been a contracting party to
Operation Applications – software that supports central the International Energy Agency (IEA) Technology
coordination, automation, configuration and data Collaboration Programme on Co-operation in Tokamak
handling – was released, and development will continue Programmes (CTP-TCP) since 2012; in 2016 the
in support of integrated commissioning and operation. Department chaired the CTP-TCP Executive Committee
The prototyping of I&C systems also contributes to for a second consecutive year and was successful in
readying parts of the control system architecture for piloting the proposal for an extension for a further five
implementation at ITER. ITER control software was years from mid-2017. SCOD scientists published 70 papers
integrated with state-of-the-art visualization tools from as leading author or co-author in refereed journals;
the JET data analysis group in a trial that helped to ensured the representation of ITER science at fusion and
validate interconnecting diagnostic and control systems, control conferences worldwide; and mentored fusion
and a plant I&C system for a neutron diagnostic has trainees from the ITER internship program, the European
been shipped to the Russian Domestic Agency for DC PhD program, and the Monaco-ITER Postdoctoral
extensive evaluation. Fellowship program that is now in its fifth cycle.

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FINANCE & PROCUREMENT DEPARTMENT (FPD) kind allocated value. In 2016, the Department assisted
The Finance & Procurement Department is charged with in the finalization and signature of two Procurement
sound financial and budget management, the preparation Arrangements, one Complementary Diagnostic
and management of the annual and lifecycle budgets, the Procurement Arrangement, and several transfer-of-
presentation of the annual ITER Organization accounts, the scope agreements from the Domestic Agencies to the
preparation of in-kind Procurement Arrangements, and the ITER Organization.
placement of in-cash contracts and task agreements The ITER Organization awarded the ten-year
through competitive process. Construction Management-as-Agent contract in June for
In 2016, the Budget Management Section worked Tokamak and support system assembly and installation.
closely with the Project Controls Office to finalize Several other major contract awards were concluded as
resource estimates in accordance with the revised a result of close collaboration with the Domestic
project schedule and to submit an updated baseline to Agencies, including arrangements for the common
the Members for the construction phase. It closely procurement of diagnostic port plug structures and the
monitored and reported on the implementation of the extension of the Logistics Service Provider framework
2016 ITER Organization commitments, payments, and contract. Further strategic contract signatures achieved
income budgets, overseeing the execution of fully 93 within deadline in support of the project include those
percent of the commitments budget and 86 percent of for vapour suppression tanks (manufacturing design
the payments budget. and procurement); sector sub-assembly tools; purpose-
In addition to these budgets, the Reserve Fund built tools and equipment; and Hot Cell Complex
continues to be maintained as a tool for addressing cost engineering services.
impacts due to changes in scope or design within the The Procurement & Contracts Division is closely involved
ITER Organization or Domestic Agencies. The use of this in preparations for the award of three major assembly and
common account is closely monitored and reported to installation packages for mechanical, electrical and
the Central Team Management Board and the ITER tokamak works. In general, it can be said that procurement
Council. The regular verification of commitments, activities and challenges are increasing in complexity as
invoices and other financial transactions; small-value the ITER Project prepares for the installation of the
purchase orders and invitation letters; and suspense machine and plant. Procurement & Contracts is moving
transaction management also contribute to sound toward a more strategic function through a leading role in
financial management at the ITER Organization. the construction procurement strategies.
The Accounting & Treasury Section produced the 2015
Financial Report, which includes the 2015 Financial
Statements, on which the Financial Audit Board –
composed of independent auditors nominated by the
seven Members – issued an unqualified audit opinion
in April 2017, noting the proactive initiatives taken to
improve accountability and transparency in financial
management, contract administration and budgetary
control. The expert group also conducted another
audit in September that covered the trial balance for
the period from 1 January to 30 June. During 2016, the
Treasury team managed to realize a financial income
of EUR .98 million, which represents an average rate of
return of 0.59 percent of the daily available cash balance
(invested only in secured deposits). In comparison, the
average 2016 Eonia® (Euro OverNight index Average)
index was -0.32 percent.
Recommendations from the Financial Audit Board
are tracked through a computer application until
solutions are validated and implemented.
Since 2007, the ITER Organization has signed a total of
108 Procurement Arrangements for the delivery of More than half of the space between the double walls of the vacuum vessel will be taken
up by in-wall shielding blocks designed to protect ex-vessel components from neutron
components, systems and buildings with the Domestic
radiation. Indian contractors are producing over 9,000 elements. Photo: ITER India
Agencies, representing 90.86 percent of the project’s in-

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Tooling and testing activities are underway to prepare for the fabrication of ITER’s second-smallest
poloidal field coil (PF6) in China on behalf of the European Domestic Agency. Photo: ITER China

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HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT (HRD) assessment and incentive measures; expatriation

The Human Resources Department contributes to ITER issues; sports and cultural opportunities; external
Organization strategic and operational goals by activities; and international school-related matters.
implementing a fully integrated human resources service. Recruitment in 2016 was consistent with the ITER
The Department develops the overall strategy and policies Council-approved staff cap, as the Department
for human resource management, manages the staffing managed 162 appointments (of which 32 were ITER
plan in relation to organizational needs and forecasts, carries Organization staff members appointed through internal
out a wide range of staff services (recruitment, training, or external competition), 30 departures, and 32 contract
appraisal, salary, travel and social insurance), and renewal decisions. For 182 posted vacancies, Human
contributes to strengthening project and managerial culture. Resources received 5,156 applications through the ITER
Recognizing that the human resource function is a Domestic Agencies and conducted 879 interviews. As of
key factor for project success, the ITER Organization is 31 December 2016, the ITER Organization employed a
implementing a comprehensive action plan based on the total of 740 staff members, including 5 postdoctoral
Director-General’s Action Plan of 2015, and that takes into researchers funded under the Monaco-ITER Partnership
account further recommendations made in February Arrangement and 25 staff funded by the US Domestic
2016 by the ITER Council Review Group. The Department Agency for work on the tokamak cooling water (23) and
answered to several audits during the year and reported vacuum (2) systems. The Department managed 32
to the ITER Council on the implementation of reforms and
the course of planned improvements for 2017.
As part of this effort the Human Resources The MIIFED/IBF event in February offers
Department has developed a new recruitment strategy, 600 participants from industry an overview
proactively working with the Domestic Agencies to of upcoming contract opportunities related
improve the balance in representation of the Members, to the assembly and installation phase of
promoting recruitment outreach through platforms the project.
such as LinkedIn, and reworking job offer descriptions
to encourage the widest possible application pool.
The Department also proposed revised measures to expert contracts and an increasing number of student
increase the attractiveness of the ITER Project Associate interns (38) through more targeted promotion of the
scheme, which was created to leverage qualified internship program. Training sessions organized in
resources from the ITER Members. The first ITER Project security, design planning, nuclear safety culture, and
Associates were successfully recruited from Member managerial, scientific and technical skills benefitted
countries and institutions in 2016 and other 1,100 attendees during the year.
applications are under consideration; in the coming As part of its mission to support social dialogue
years, 150 to 200 ITER Project Associates are expected within the Organization, the Human Resources
to contribute to the Project, in particular in the areas of Department maintained the dialogue with the Staff
assembly, installation and commissioning. Committee, coordinated the activities of the Advisory
Other 2016 developments include the recruitment of Board on Pension and Social Insurance and, where
a new Head of Department, the introduction of necessary, the Committee for Health & Safety. The
ombudsmen to assist in the resolution of eventual Department also represented the ITER Organization in
work-related conflicts and disputes, and the its relations with the French administration (labour
reorganization of the Ethics Committee to reflect the inspectorate, social security).
cultural diversity of the staff. Internal Administrative
Circulars on missions and travel/removal expenses were
revised to improve efficiency and cost effectiveness; the
staff functionalities of the administrative portal SAP
were expanded; and policies on annual performance
review, rewards/recognition and service steps (now
called seniority steps) were updated.
Dialogue with the Staff Committee – including via
working groups and formal consultation – was
conducted on issues that impact the day-to-day
The February Monaco-ITER International Fusion Energy Days attract a large number of
environment for staff. Among the priorities in 2016
participants with a program organized around industrial opportunities at ITER.
were: flexible time; objectives setting, performance

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CABINET (CAB) executive level, namely: the biweekly Central Team

The Cabinet supports the Director-General in all matters related Management Board for ITER Organization senior executive
to the management of the ITER Organization and in his global managers (both decision and information meetings); the
responsibility as Chief Executive Officer and Chair of the cross- Executive Project Board that is attended by top ITER
decisional Executive Project Board. CAB liaises with official bodies Organization and Domestic Agency management; and
and partner government organizations and assists the Director- the regular Joint Project Coordination weeks.
General in his external and international interactions. Through In 2016 the team assisted in the continued daily
its Legal Affairs and Communication offices, CAB also provides implementation of the Director-General’s Action Plan:
legal advice to the Director-General and develops and maintains supporting the project-wide effort to finalize the 2016
a comprehensive internal and external communication strategy. Baseline, following through on actions to reform the
The Cabinet structures its work between the management of human resources, and aiding in the
strategic and administrative support of the Director- deployment of a new organizational matrix for
General and the Deputy Directors-General. Its scope construction oversight.
includes legal and communication affairs; contact with Cabinet staff also provided general assistance in the
external stakeholders; document preparation and management of the Director-General’s agenda,
editing of input documents to the ITER Council and its helping to prepare for internal and external meetings
as well as institutional and VIP events and visits to the
ITER Organization.
The bulk of the Action Plan proposed to the
ITER Council by the Director-General at the COMMUNICATION (COM)
start of his mandate in March 2015 has Within the Cabinet of the Director-General, Communication
effectively been implemented. works to elevate the public’s understanding of fusion energy,
raise awareness of the project, and showcase ITER
construction and manufacturing progress. Through targeted
advisory bodies; follow-up of internal decisions and initiatives in internal communication COM is also invested in
interdepartmental projects; and the monitoring of strengthening the work environment – helping to develop a
follow-up actions and recommendations from the ITER strong project culture, facilitating the flow of information, and
Council, the Management Advisory Committee, the supporting implementation of Director-General’s Action Plan.
Science and Technology Advisory Committee, the Finally, COM maintains strong ties to Member State agencies
Management Assessor, and high-level independent and external collaborators in the fusion community through
review groups. At the request of the Director-General, the development of sustainable and collective actions.
the Cabinet can work on strategic issues for the Communication propels the strategic activities that
Organization as decision-making support. are designed to elevate the public visibility of the ITER
The Cabinet participates in a number of key committees Project and increase awareness of ITER’s mission, goals
(procurement assessment, crisis management, budget and status. The group maintains the public website and
advisory, intellectual property, publications, export the project’s presence on social media; issues
control) and organizes the top project meetings at the publications (the weekly ITER Newsline, brochures, an
annual photo book, ITER Mag, press releases, the Annual
Report); makes up-to-date audio visual material
available for the widest possible distribution; handles
press and media relations; manages an on-site Visitors
Centre and public visits to the construction site; and
pilots ITER participation at conferences and exhibitions.
Plans are underway to conduct future global media
campaigns as an additional way to elevate public
awareness of the ITER Project mission and progress.
In February, Communication helped to organize the
joint MIIFED/IBF* industrial event, which attracted nearly
600 international participants with a focus on upcoming
contract opportunities related to the assembly and
ITER’s largest components arrive at the Mediterranean port of Fos-sur-Mer and are installation phase of the project. ITER was represented at
transported by barge to the starting point of the ITER Itinerary. From there, they have 104
a number of external events, including the World
kilometres to travel to the site. Photo: © ITER Organization - Emmanuel Bonici
Nuclear Exhibition (Paris), the Symposium on Fusion

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The first all-staff meeting of the year, held in the on-

site Cryostat Workshop, was also the occasion to update
the ITER staff photo. A number of other initiatives
contributed to enriching the work environment,
including the introduction of a dedicated training and
site visit for newcomers, the hosting of external lecturers,
and a celebratory event for ITER Organization/Domestic
Agency staff and contractors in December. Planning is
underway for the roll out of information screens in high
traffic areas, on the re-make of the internal website Buzz,
and on a regular COM email that will share news of
internal interest across the ITER Project.
ITER … a story waiting to be told. International TV crews are a regular feature on the Communication continues to cultivate strong
ITER construction site. relationships with designated communication points of
contact in each Domestic Agency and in the wider
Technology (Czech Republic), the IAEA Fusion Energy fusion community. The group issues the periodic
Conference (Japan), the World Energy Congress (Turkey), Director-General Newsletter with the support of Domestic
the Pacific Basin Nuclear Conference (China), and the Agency colleagues, communicates regularly through in-
ITER/Broader Approach Symposium (Japan). As part of person or video meetings, and organizes an annual ITER
an updated exhibition stand, Communication communicators meeting at Headquarters.
developed a portable immersive virtual reality tour of * Monaco-ITER International Fusion Energy Days/ITER Business Forum
the ITER construction site that is also accessible in 2D
and 3D through the public website. LEGAL AFFAIRS (LGA)
Among the dozens of media crews received Within the Cabinet, Legal Affairs advises the Director-General,
throughout the year, Communication hosted a the departments, and the governing bodies of the ITER
Canadian documentary team for several weeks at ITER Organization such as the ITER Council, the Management
Headquarters – part of more than three years of filming Advisory Committee and the Test Blanket Module Program
and research to create a 90-minute documentary on Committee. Regular counsel is provided by Legal Affairs on the
fusion and ITER that is planned for release in 2017. interpretation and implementation of the ITER constitutive
International journalists were also invited to attend a agreements (the ITER Agreement, the Agreement on Privileges
dedicated two-day media event in October. and Immunities, and the Headquarters Agreement).
Communication held one Open Doors Day event in In 2016, questions pertaining to international
2016; participated in the organization of the annual ITER cooperation with Members – and also the possibility
Games and ITER Robots contests; and – in collaboration of cooperation with non-Members – were addressed,
with Agence Iter France and the European Domestic including particular support for the conclusion of the first
Agency – received 15,000 visitors on site. non-Member Cooperation Agreement with the Australian
Communication supported the Director-General in Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation.
his role as primary ambassador for the project, helping Legal Affairs pursued the management of nuclear
him to prepare for a number of high-visibility liability issues, and was involved in several other complex
presentations and appearances. These included an project issues – helping to prepare for component
invitation to appear before a subcommittee of the US transfers of responsibility between the Domestic Agencies
House of Representatives; the hosting of many and the ITER Organization; supporting the negotiation of
ministerial delegations (ITER Member or non-Member agreements with the French power transportation
representatives) including a ministerial delegation authority RTE; and advising on strategic ITER construction
from Iran and return visit to Iran; and the visits of HSH contracts, worksite coordination documents, and
Prince Albert II of Monaco, the Director General of the administrative authorizations on the worksite.
International Atomic Energy Agency, and members of The legal team contributed to the protection of ITER
the European Parliament. More generally, Organization interests by handling the correct
Communication maintains a database of presentations implementation of the privileges and immunities of the
for general audiences and is developing a “Speakers ITER Organization with national authorities – negotiating,
Bureau” capable of representing the project in external for example, the recognition of exemption for value
venues in complement to what is already handled by added tax (VAT) for the ITER Organization and the
ITER management. Domestic Agencies, or the exemption of customs taxes,

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anti-dumping taxes, and electricity taxes. This type of issue officers on publications, contracts, Procurement
is increasing in frequency with the arrival of components Arrangements, non-disclosure agreements, and
and/or their transportation between Members. communication. Rules concerning rewards for inventors
Extensive support was provided on visa and work were issued in order to encourage directly employed
permit issues for contractors and Domestic Agency staff staff members to develop ITER Organization intellectual
members in order to prevent delay in contract execution. property; this new policy proposes awards for
Legal Affairs also interfaced with the labour inspectorate inventions that become the subject of a patent
and the French administration to clarify the administrative application, or developments that engender a royalty-
requirements for work on the construction site and in paying licensing agreement. At the annual meeting of
order to secure the social protection of workers. ITER Organization/Domestic Agency contact persons for
In 2016 Legal Affairs was responsible for drafting intellectual property, chaired by the ITER Legal Advisor
and negotiating 19 agreements, 9 license agreements, in November, participants worked to encourage the
numerous non-disclosure agreements, and 30 Memoranda widest appropriate dissemination of intellectual
of Understanding. It managed insurance claims and property generated in the course of activities for ITER.
insurance-related matters, and reviewed ITER Organization
contracts prior to signature by the Director-General. INTERNAL AUDIT (IAS)
Legal Affairs provided advice on the French laws and The work of the Internal Audit Service is aligned to the
regulations to be observed by the ITER Organization in business, financial and operational risks of the ITER
application of Article 14 of the ITER Agreement relative Organization and audits are conducted according to a
to public health, safety, licensing and environmental comprehensive risk-based plan that is updated periodically.
protection, in particular concerning working conditions The annual risk assessment exercise that was carried out in
on site and the management of beryllium handling and 2016 by IAS was comprehensive, and covered 92 major
storage issues. Legal Affairs is a participant to meetings processes of ITER Organization departments and divisions –
of the ITER Beryllium Management Committee and the including the Cabinet, Human Resources, Finance &
Beryllium Working Group. Procurement, Construction, the Design Office, IT, Document
Legal Affairs managed litigation cases in close Control and Project Control.
collaboration with the Human Resources Department, The results of the annual risk assessment exercise
and provided support and advice in the establishment of carried out by IAS were submitted to external auditors
the ombudsman process, activities of the ethic (the Financial Audit Board) as input for their audit
committee, the update of the ITER Project Associate planning. IAS also cooperated with the Financial Audit
scheme, and social security issues. Specific in-house Board auditors during their audit assignments at ITER.
training sessions were organized on the legal framework In 2016, IAS audited the accounting of assets, pre-paid
specific to the ITER Organization, the status of assets, and depreciation for the 2016 ITER Organization
international civil servants, and intellectual property in Financial Statements. Other important topics of audit
order to raise staff awareness. Legal Affairs also introduced included mission travel; the system of levy and
a new income tax assistance program for staff. computation of common facilities, services and amenities;
Legal Affairs coordinated the implementation of the operations pertaining to facilities management; suspense
legal framework for intellectual property within the ITER operations; and purchase and disposal of IT hardware.
Organization through the Intellectual Property Board, IAS performed advisory services as requested
advising line management and technical responsible periodically by management and carried out important
assignments related to human resource matters, budget
for salaries, and procurement issues. IAS also held
workshops to impart knowledge and skills to staff of the
Financial Control Office on matters relating to
computation and accounting of liabilities and provision,
and routinely advised the Head of Office with the aim to
further enhance the adequacy and effectiveness of
control functions at the ITER Organization. Similarly, in
collaboration with ORAP, IAS verified the effective
implementation of MQP process simplification following
As part of the semi-prototype qualification program in China for enhanced heat flux first a reduction-of-bureaucracy effort carried out last year.
wall blanket panels, pairs of beryllium-tiled "fingers" (pictured) have undergone testing
Lastly, IAS followed up on the implementation status of
at a dedicated facility in Russia. Photo: ITER China
its recommendations, of which a large number were

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addressed and implemented during the reporting period

by line management. At year end, more than 40 of the
IAS audit recommendations had been implemented by
line departments, leading to savings of resources for the
ITER Organization and/or to augmentation of revenue.
Of these, the most significant in terms of cost savings
were amendments to the contract for canteen facilities
and modifications in procedures for the purchase of
IT hardware.
Cooperation with the Australian organization ANSTO is envisioned in a number of
ITER COUNCIL SECRETARIAT (ICS) strategic areas, including diagnostics, materials, superconducting technology, and fusion
The ITER Council Secretariat supports the activities of the plasma theory and modelling.
ITER Council, providing secretarial services to the Council
and its subsidiary bodies such as the Management Advisory The Office, in collaboration with Internal Audit (IAS),
Committee (MAC), the Council Preparatory Working Group monitored and assessed the implementation of
(CPWG), and the Financial Audit Board in accordance with recommendations for simplifying/optimizing
the Rules of Procedure of the ITER Council. Management & Quality Program procedures and Internal
In 2016, the ITER Council met for an Extraordinary Administrative Circulars as approved by the Central Team
Meeting in April, for its Eighteenth Meeting in June and Management Board. This was consequent to the
its Nineteenth Meeting in November. The Management simplification/optimization exercise that was carried out
Advisory Committee met twice: in May (MAC-21) and in by IAS and ORAP in the previous year. The Office also
October (MAC-22). The ITER Council commissioned promoted the balanced representation of all Members
reviews by the ITER Council Working Group on the within the Staff Committee and supported the Domestic
Independent Review of the Updated Long-Term Agencies in the recruitment of highly qualified
Schedule and Human Resources (ICRG), and the ITER candidates for ITER Organization positions.
Council Study Group on the Implementation of ITER
Governance. The ICS also supported the Financial Audit
Board in relation to its 2016 financial audit activities and The ITER Organization signs the first non-
the 2015 Management Assessment. Member technical cooperation agreement
of its history in September with the
EXTERNAL RELATIONS & ACTION PLAN IMPLEMENTATION OFFICE Australian Nuclear Science and Technology
(ORAP) Organisation, ANSTO.
The ORAP Office provides support to the Director-General in
all matters related to cooperation and coordination with the
Members and their relevant domestic institutions, as well in In close cooperation with the Legal Affairs and its
the simplification of Management & Quality Program contracted immigration expert, ORAP contributed to
procedures as foreseen in the Director-General’s Action Plan. drafting work permit application procedures for
In 2016, the External Relations & Action Plan Member employees and communicated intensively
Implementation Office worked in close collaboration with inside and outside the organization on visa-work permit
ITER Members to organize the Director-General’s visits procedures and requirements. The Office organized a
abroad, arrange meetings with senior government officials workshop on work permit and social contributions for
and parliament members, and prepare presentations, relevant ITER Organization staff and coordinated with
for appearances at international conferences. the Welcome Office of Agence Iter France to ensure
The Office organized the Director-General’s visits to prompt and efficient visa services to all ITER staff
China, India, Japan and Russia and prepared the members. The Office also liaised with a provider of work
necessary briefing documents; it also supported the permit services to facilitate administrative formalities for
Head of Communication by organizing visits to China, Domestic Agency contractors.
India, Japan and Korea, providing detailed background Support was provided for human resource matters,
information and analysis, and liaising on questions of such as clarifying the work of the new ombudsmen in
communication strategy. ORAP was charged with conjunction with the Staff Committee, Human Resources
correspondence relating to three high-level Member and Communication, and participating in discussions on
delegations that were received at ITER Headquarters changes to be implemented in the ITER Organization
outside of ITER Council meetings. policy for awards, the Code of Conduct, and others.

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On a zone not far from the Tokamak Complex, contractors have started to erect the
infrastructure of the ITER cryoplant – 5,400 m² of covered buildings plus a large exterior
area for the storage of helium and nitrogen in liquid and gaseous forms.

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STAFFING &
FINANCIAL TABLES

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staFFing tables

staff by member as at 31 december 2016 staff by department as at 31 december 2016

Staff by Member 31/12/2014 31/12/2015 31/12/2016 Staff by Org. Unit* Professional Support TOTAL
China 50 55 67 & Higher
European Union 412 446 512 DG 7 1 8
India 19 22 30 CAB 10 10 20
Japan 29 25 25 QAA 6 8 14
Republic of Korea 33 32 32 CIO 80 98 178
Russian Federation 30 30 36 CST 49 8 57
United States of America 36 32 38 FPD 15 24 39
Total 609* 642** 740*** HRD 7 9 16
PCO 15 5 20
* Includes 6 Monaco Postdoctoral Fellows and 16 TCWS staff.
PED 95 50 145
** Includes 5 Monaco Postdoctoral Fellows and staff funded for work on the TCWS (24) and on the vacuum system (1).
SCOD 46 9 55
*** Includes 4 Monaco Postdoctoral Fellows and staff funded for work on the TCWS (23), the vacuum system (2), and SD 19 9 28
the safety control system for nuclear (1).
TED 123 37 160
TOTAL 472 268 740
* For the full names of organizational units, see pages 15 to 43.

67 512
TED 160 DG 8
38 CAB 20
36 QAA 14
32 CIO 178
SD 28
25
SCOD 55
CST 57
30
PED 145 FPD 39

PCO 20 HRD 16

Financial tables
Amounts in thousands of Euro

commitments execution – cash and short-term in Kind (task agreements and secondments)*
Total Commitment De-commitments and Total Actual Unused Commitment
Appropriations Transfers of previous years' Commitments Appropriations carried
2016 Total Commitments 2016 forward to 2017
Budget Headings 1 2 3 4=1+2-3
Title I Direct Investment (Fund) 158,242 9,583 153,121 14,704
Title II R&D Expenditure 3,682 88 2,431 1,339
Title III Direct Expenditure 167,127 3,754 157,742 13,139
TOTAL COMMITMENTS 329,051 13,424 313,294 29,181
* Excluding Reserve Fund

payments execution – cash and short-term in Kind (task agreements and secondments)*
Total Payment Total Actual Unused Payment
Appropriations Payments Appropriations carried
2016 2016 forward to 2017
Budget Headings 1 2 3=1–2
Title I Direct Investment (Fund) 96,817 75,250 21,568
Title II R&D Expenditure 6,776 5,958 818
Title III Direct Expenditure 173,332 145,887 27,445
TOTAL PAYMENTS 276,926 227,096 49,831
* Excluding Reserve Fund

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Financial tables (continued)

cumulative position statement by member as at 31 december 2016
Contributions in Cash Contributions in Kind
Total Contributions
(cash and short-term in kind) (Procurement Arrangements)
Euratom (*) 735,581 45.42% 362,838 31.11% 1,098,419 39.43%
People’s Republic of China 147,215 9.09% 137,093 11.76% 284,309 10.21%
Republic of India 147,264 9.09% 62,616 5.37% 209,880 7.53%
Japan (*) 147,215 9.09% 319,950 27.44% 467,166 16.77%
Republic of Korea 147,119 9.08% 102,440 8.78% 249,559 8.96%
Russian Federation 147,215 9.09% 115,954 9.94% 263,169 9.45%
United States of America 147,941 9.13% 65,251 5.60% 213,192 7.65%
Total 1,619,551 1,166,142 2,785,693
(*) Cumulative credits granted to Japan include a contribution from the European Union corresponding to IUA 110,597 amounting to EUR 184.97 million (including
IUA 40,062 for deliverables achieved in 2016) for procurements for which the procurement responsibility has been transferred to Japan within the framework of the
transferred procurement responsibilities from Euratom to Japan.
These tables show tabulations in thousand/million Euros which could cause minor differences due to rounding.

contributions in cash contributions in Kind

(cash and short-term in Kind) (procurement arrangements)

45% 31%

9% 6%

9% 10%

9% 9%

9% 27%

9% 5%

9% 12%

cumulative position by member deferred contributions

MILLION €

3,000.00 3,000.00
MILLION €

2,500.00 2,500.00

2,000.00 2,000.00

1,500.00 1,500.00

1,000.00 1,000.00

500.00 500.00

0 0
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Cash Seconded staff and Task Agreements Procurement Arrangements
The pace of deferred contributions related to the achievement of
Procurement Arrangement milestones (in purple) continued its increase in
2016 (compared to 2015), reflecting an acceleration of construction and
component fabrication activities.

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Welding and non-destructive examination activities are underway in the Cryostat

Workshop for the first major component of ITER assembly – the 1,250-tonne cryostat base.

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DOMESTIC AGENCY
PROCUREMENT HIGHLIGHTS

PROCUREMENT HIGHLIGHTS KEY

¢ R&D and manufacturing milestones
¢ Major contracts
¢ ITER Organization-Domestic Agency milestones
¢ Completed package
The figures on the following pages are adjusted annually for
changes in credit value due to Procurement Arrangement
Refinements (PAR) and Additional Direct Investments (ADI) related
to Project Change Requests. Please note that 2016 figures supersede
all previously published figures.

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ITER CHINA (CN-DA)

www.iterchina.cn BEIJING

procurement arrangements*
Fourteen pas signed since 2007 representing…

...AND 100%
OF THE TOTAL
100% IN NUMBER VALUE
OF CN-DA IN-KIND
CONTRIBUTIONS.

77 design or fabrication contracts related to ITER procurement have been signed with
laboratories and industry.
CHINESE PROCUREMENT HIGHLIGHTS IN 2016 % OF ITER SYSTEM PROCURED BY CHINA

MAGNET SYSTEMS
Toroidal Field Conductor 7.5%
¢ All 11 conductor unit lengths completed and delivered (IC milestone)
Poloidal Field Conductor 65%
¢ All conductor fabrication completed for PF5 and PF2 (IC milestone)
¢ 6 of 16 PF3 unit lengths produced
¢ 8 of 16 PF4 unit lengths produced
¢ 9 conductor unit lengths delivered to EU-DA at ITER site
Magnet Supports 100%
¢ MRRs completed for gravity supports and poloidal field supports; some manufacturing underway
Feeders 80%
¢ Five MRRs successfully held, including for HTS current leads, coil terminal box (CTB/TS), and cryostat feedthrough
¢ Qualification completed for poloidal field HTS current lead prototype; series production started
¢ Start of fabrication on first cryostat feedthrough for poloidal field coil 4
Correction Coils 100%
¢ Contract signed for remaining manufacturing scope
¢ Bottom correction coil in fabrication
¢ Full-size U-shaped bottom correction coil case fabricated with satisfactory results
¢ Qualification prototypes progress for full manufacturing scope of bottom and side coils
Correction Coil and Feeder Conductors 100%
¢ All correction coil and feeder conductors manufactured and delivered in 2016

POWER SYSTEMS
Pulsed Power Electrical Network (PPEN) 100%
¢ All voltage transformers delivered to IO site
¢ Second batch of breakers, disconnectors, and current transformers delivered
¢ 3 main transformers delivered
AC/DC Converters 55%
¢ Successful FAT and delivery for first set of rectified transformers
Reactive Power Compensation 100%
First reactive power compensation (RPC) and harmonic filtering (HF) units manufactured
RPC and HF units installed at ASIPP-ITER platform for integrated tests

BLANKET
Blanket First Wall 12.6%
¢ High heat flux tests successfully passed on first-wall finger pairs for semi-prototype
¢ Enhanced Heat Flux Blanket First Wall Procurement Arrangement signed in November
Blanket Shield Block 50.2%
¢ Deep-hole drilling on full-scale prototype completed in December
¢ First hot helium leak test facility manufactured and under commissioning

FUEL CYCLE
Gas Injection System 100%
¢ Contract signed for manifold manufacturing
¢ Preliminary design of gas valve boxes ongoing; some physics requirements fixed as design input
Glow Discharge Cleaning 100%
¢ Preliminary design of temporary/permanent electrodes ongoing

DIAGNOSTICS
Diagnostics 3.22%
¢ Final design of neutron flux monitor (equatorial port 7) ongoing; FDR for support frame held
¢ PDR held for radial x-ray camera
¢ Preliminary design of equatorial port 12 integration ongoing
¢ Preliminary design of remaining neutron flux monitors ongoing

Abbreviations • ANB Agreed Notified Body • CDR Conceptual Design Review • DA Domestic Agency • FDR Final Design Review • I&C Instrumentation & Control • IO ITER Organization
• IC ITER Council • FAT Factory Acceptance Tests • MIP Manufacturing & Inspection Plans • MRR Manufacturing Readiness Review • PA Procurement Arrangement • PDR Preliminary Design Review
* Does not include Complementary Diagnostic Arrangements.

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DELHI
ITER INDIA (IN-DA)
www.iter-india.org

procurement arrangements*
Fourteen pas signed since 2007 representing…

...AND 96%
OF THE TOTAL
93% IN NUMBER VALUE
OF IN-DA IN-KIND
CONTRIBUTIONS.

20 design or fabrication contracts related to ITER procurement have been signed with
industry and R&D organizations.
INDIA PROCUREMENT HIGHLIGHTS IN 2016 % OF ITER SYSTEM PROCURED BY INDIA
CRYOSTAT
Cryostat 100%
¢ Final segments of tier-1 base section delivered (IC milestone); start of tier-1 sub-assembly (fabrication/welding) and testing activities on site
¢ Manufacturing and FAT of tier-2 base section components completed; components delivered to Cryostat Workshop
¢ Progress on fabrication activities for lower cylinder tier-1 components in India
¢ FDR held for cryostat I&C
¢ Agreement reached to transfer vacuum vessel pressure suppression system (VVPSS) to IO

CRYOGENIC SYSTEMS
Cryolines & Cryodistribution 100%
¢ PDRs held for cryolines (Lot Y3, Lot X4, parts of Lot Y4 and Y5); and warm lines (Lots W1 and W2)
¢ PDR and FDR completed for cryoplant termination cold box (CTCB) of cryodistribution system
¢ PDRs held for auxiliary cold box and thermal shield cooling system for cryodistribution
¢ Manufacturing started for CTCB components
¢ FDRs held for cryolines (Lot Y1, Lot X3, parts of Lots Y4 and Y5) and warm lines (Lot W1) and completed for cryolines (Lot Y1, Lot Y2)
S

¢ MRRs held for cryolines (Lot Y1, part of Lot Y2)

¢ Manufacturing and FAT completed for second prototype cryoline; successful installation and testing at IN-DA lab
¢ Start of manufacturing for Group Y cryoline components

HEATING & CURRENT DRIVE SYSTEMS

Diagnostic Neutral Beam (DNB) Power Supply and Beam Line 100%
¢ Beam source manufacturing in progress; beam line component fabrication initiated
¢ Vacuum vessel installation at DNB test facility at advanced stage; high voltage deck in manufacturing
¢ Test facility technical activities (data acquisition and control system design, radio frequency experiment in vacuum, cryocooler-based cryopump experiment) ongoing
¢ DNB acceleration grid power supply (AGPS) installed and commissioned at IN-DA lab
¢ Manufacturing initiated on 25-metre transmission line components for IN-DA lab
¢ Solid state high frequency (1 MHz) power source in development
Neutral Beam Test Facility (NBTF) Components (beam dump & 100 KV power supply) 2%
¢ Successful FAT and shipment for components of SPIDER AGPS (transformers, switch power supply modules); installation at NBTF well advanced
Ion Cyclotron Radio Frequency (RF) Power Sources 100%
¢ Mismatch transmission line system tested at low power and installed with diacrode-based RF amplifier to conduct ITER-like test scenarios
¢ Diacrode-based system (1.5 MW) tested with stringent specifications for the first time
¢ Assembly and integration of tetrode-based system completed at IN-DA laboratory; high-power operation initiated as per ITER specifications
¢ Industrial prototype high voltage power supply operated continuously for site acceptance campaigns of diacrode and tetrode sources
Ion Cyclotron Heating & Current Drive RF Power Supply (8 out of 10) 44%
¢ 3 MW radio frequency high voltage power supply successfully operated at ITER parameters
Electron Cyclotron High Voltage Power Supply 30%
¢ Development and test activities ongoing
Electron Cyclotron RF Gyrotrons (2 out of 24) 8%
¢ Activities ongoing for test facility development at IN-DA laboratory
¢ Procurement activities initiated for test gyrotron and waveguide set for test laboratory
¢ Development activities ongoing for auxiliary systems and services (prototype of ITER deliverable) to establish the test facility

COOLING WATER SYSTEMS

Heat Rejection System, Component Cooling Water System, Chilled Water System 100%
¢ FDR conducted for heat rejection system, component cooling water system, and chilled water system H2
¢ MRRs completed for cooling towers, stop log gates, self-cleaning filters, stainless steel seamless pipes, ozonation system, pressurizer, water cooled chillers, and plate-type heat exchangers
¢ Lot 1 piping delivered (IC milestone); continued fabrication and delivery of piping
¢ Manufacturing and FAT completed for ozonation system

VACUUM VESSEL
In-wall Shielding Block Assemblies 100%
¢ Manufacturing and FAT completed for two vacuum vessel sectors (5 and 6)
¢ Manufacturing and FAT completed for the IWS support ribs and lower brackets of two vacuum vessel sectors (5 and 6)
¢ Batches shipped to EU-DA and KO-DA
¢ IWS component fabrication ongoing for vacuum vessel sectors 4 and 1

DIAGNOSTICS
Diagnostics 3.1%
¢ First-phase PDR held for XRCS-survey sight tube
¢ Most components for conventional X-ray source and optical setup procured and tested for IN-DA lab
¢ Fast-scanning Fourier transform spectrometer received at IN-DA lab after successful FAT; preliminary design and prototype works underway for electron cyclotron emission
¢ First phase system integration review completed for upper port integration

Abbreviations • ANB Agreed Notified Body • CDR Conceptual Design Review • DA Domestic Agency • FDR Final Design Review • I&C Instrumentation & Control • IO ITER Organization
• IC ITER Council • FAT Factory Acceptance Tests • MIP Manufacturing & Inspection Plans • MRR Manufacturing Readiness Review • PA Procurement Arrangement • PDR Preliminary Design Review
* Does not include Complementary Diagnostic Arrangements.

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ITER JAPAN (JA-DA)

www.fusion.qst.go.jp/english/iter-e/iter.html

procurement arrangements* TOYKO

thirteen pas signed since 2007 representing…

...AND 90%
OF THE TOTAL
72% IN NUMBER VALUE
OF JA-DA IN-KIND
CONTRIBUTIONS.

Over 800 design or fabrication contracts related to ITER procurement have been signed
with industry since 2007.
JAPANESE PROCUREMENT HIGHLIGHTS IN 2016 % OF ITER SYSTEM PROCURED BY JAPAN

MAGNET SYSTEMS
Toroidal Field Conductor 25%
¢ All conductor unit lengths completed in 2014
Toroidal Field Magnet Windings (9 out of 19) 47%
¢ Double pancake stacking of the first coil successfully performed
¢ Toroidal field coil series production underway
Toroidal Field Magnet Structures 100%
¢ Material procurement and coil structure series production underway
¢ Segments of first outer case section successfully connected
Central Solenoid Conductor 100%
¢ 37 conductors (six 613 m and thirty-one 918 m) manufactured, corresponding to 75% of required material
¢ 31 unit lengths shipped to US-DA, cumulative (63%)

HEATING & CURRENT DRIVE SYSTEMS

ITER & Neutral Beam Test Facility (NBTF) High Voltage Bushing 100%
and accelerator 33%
¢ HV bushing and 1MV high-voltage test performed; shipping has started
Neutral Beam Power Supply System for ITER and NBTF 59%
¢ All five DC generators now shipped and installed
¢ Transmission lines 1 and 2 installed
¢ DC filter, high voltage deck HVD2, and short circuit device shipped
¢ Transmission link 3 fabricated
¢ Installation work performed at NBTF
Electron Cyclotron Radio Frequency (RF) Power Sources (8 gyrotrons out of 24) 33%
¢ Fabrication of two out of eight gyrotrons completed
¢ Contracts awarded for mirror optical units and cooling manifolds
¢ Final design of anode and body power supply underway
Electron Cyclotron Equatorial Launcher 71%
¢ Millimetre wave mockup test completed
¢ Final design of equatorial launcher underway

REMOTE HANDLING
Blanket Remote Handling System 100%
¢ Contract awarded for package #2 (rail deployment equipment)

DIVERTOR
Outer Target 100%
¢ High heat flux testing of full-tungsten prototype plasma-facing units completed at RF-DA test facility (IC milestone)
¢ Discussion of Project Change Request related to design change to full-tungsten target (including financial issues) underway
¢ Amendment of Divertor Outer Target Procurement Arrangement due to this design change in provision

TRITIUM PLANT
Atmosphere Detritiation System 50%
¢ Progression of detritiation system qualification activities; performance test of modified water distributor completed
¢ Joint JA-DA/ITER Organization procurement activities proceeding

DIAGNOSTICS
Diagnostics 14.2%
¢ Manufacturing of mineral-insulated cables for micro fission chambers completed
¢ Contract awarded for prototyping and final design of edge Thomson scattering system, poloidal polarimeter, and divertor impurity monitor
¢ PDR closed for poloidal polarimeter
¢ PDR closed for edge Thomson scattering

Abbreviations • ANB Agreed Notified Body • CDR Conceptual Design Review • DA Domestic Agency • FDR Final Design Review • I&C Instrumentation & Control • IO ITER Organization
• IC ITER Council • FAT Factory Acceptance Tests • MIP Manufacturing & Inspection Plans • MRR Manufacturing Readiness Review • PA Procurement Arrangement • PDR Preliminary Design Review
* Includes Complementary Diagnostic Arrangements.

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SEOUL

ITER KOREA (KO-DA)

www.iterkorea.org

procurement arrangements*
eight pas signed since 2007 representing…

...AND 94%
OF THE TOTAL
80% IN NUMBER VALUE
OF KO-DA IN-KIND
CONTRIBUTIONS.

143 design or fabrication contracts related to ITER procurement have been signed with
universities, laboratories and industry since 2007.
KOREAN PROCUREMENT HIGHLIGHTS IN 2016 % OF ITER SYSTEM PROCURED BY KOREA

VACUUM VESSEL
Main Vessel (2 of 9 segments) 21.25%
¢ Agreement signed with IO for fabrication of sectors #7 and #8
¢ Fabrication activities underway for Sector 6 (55% completed) and Sector 1 (22% completed)
Equatorial Ports 100%
¢ Neutral beam port stub extension and in-wall shielding manufacturing launched
¢ Manufacturing design ongoing for neutral beam port extension
Lower Ports 100%
¢ Lower port stub extension and port extension manufacturing underway

BLANKET
Blanket Shield Block 49.82%
¢ Preparing to award contract for shield block material procurement and manufacturing

POWER SYSTEMS
AC/DC Converters 37.27%
¢ AC/DC converter (CCS-1) manufacturing completed
¢ AC/DC converter (CCU-1) and converter transformer (VS1-1) FAT completed
¢ Master controller manufactured for toroidal field coil power supply system
In-Vessel Coil Power Supply (busbars) 100%
¢ Design issues reviewed and configuration improvements implemented

MAGNET SYSTEMS
Toroidal Field Conductor 20.18%
¢ All conductor unit lengths completed in 2014 and delivered to JA-DA

THERMAL SHIELD
Vacuum Vessel Thermal Shield and Cryostat Thermal Shield 100%
¢ Final design for thermal shield manifold and instrumentation approved
¢ Manufacturing drawings of lower cryostat thermal shield (LCTS) cylinder and support thermal shield (STS) approved; manufacturing of LCTS cylinder and STS started
¢ Vacuum leak test system constructed

ASSEMBLY TOOLING
Machine Assembly Tooling 100%
¢ Start of assembly for first vacuum vessel sector sub-assembly tool (SSAT) for factory acceptance tests
¢ Start of manufacturing on SSAT #2
¢ FDR completed for first batch Group B2 tools

TRITIUM PLANT
Tritium Storage & Delivery 82.09%
¢ Storage and delivery system full scale getter bed design completed
¢ Storage and delivery system process flow diagram under development
¢ Tritium inventory calorimetry, helium 3 recovery process development ongoing

DIAGNOSTICS
Diagnostics 3.16%
¢ PDRs closed for vacuum ultra-violet (VUV) spectrometers and neutron activation system (NAS) transfer lines
¢ Ongoing prototype test of VUV spectrometer and NAS on KSTAR
¢ Development and testing of key components (DeMi system for first mirror protection, pipe feedthrough, rotary-type mechanical feedthrough …)

Abbreviations • ANB Agreed Notified Body • CDR Conceptual Design Review • DA Domestic Agency • FDR Final Design Review • I&C Instrumentation & Control • IO ITER Organization
• IC ITER Council • FAT Factory Acceptance Tests • MIP Manufacturing & Inspection Plans • MRR Manufacturing Readiness Review • PA Procurement Arrangement • PDR Preliminary Design Review
* Does not include Complementary Diagnostic Arrangements.

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ITER RUSSIA (RF-DA)

www.iterrf.ru

procurement arrangements* MOSCOW

twelve pas signed since 2007 representing…

...AND 100%
OF THE TOTAL
100% IN NUMBER VALUE
OF RF-DA IN-KIND
CONTRIBUTIONS.

Over 800 design or fabrication contracts related to ITER procurement have been signed
with industry since 2007.
RUSSIAN PROCUREMENT HIGHLIGHTS IN 2016 % OF ITER SYSTEM PROCURED BY RUSSIA

POWER SYSTEMS
Switching Network, Fast Discharge Units, DC Busbar and Instrumentation 100%
¢ FDR-2 held for switching network resistors and power cables
¢ Second group of busbars, flexible links, rigid inserts, busbar boxes and supports manufactured, tested and delivered
¢ Prototypes of fast discharge unit resistor and fast make switch subjected to type testing
¢ Quality assurance documents uploaded and approved by IO, including new versions
¢ Engineering analyses completed and uploaded; R&D test reports issued
¢ Materials and components for future production purchased
¢ Manufacturing started on future deliveries

MAGNET SYSTEMS
Toroidal Field Conductor 19.3%
¢ All conductor unit lengths completed and delivered to EU-DA in 2015
Poloidal Field Conductor 20%
¢ Final conductor sample (PFRF4) tested at SULTAN
¢ Two unit lengths for PF1 conductor manufactured and accepted by IO
Poloidal Field Magnet No.1 100%
¢ First double pancake (of 8) wound

BLANKET
Blanket First Wall 40%
¢ Set of enhanced heat flux first wall fingers with beryllium armour manufactured and successfully tested
¢ New equipment prepared for induction brazing of beryllium armour to first wall panel
¢ Deep drilling technological process successfully developed and tested on enhanced heat flux first wall beam
Blanket Module Connectors 100%
¢ Pre-qualification tests completed for CuCrZr/316L bonded joint (diffusion bonding or HIP); post-HIP heat treatment procedure under development
¢ AS/LF coatings: first-phase pre-qualification program for plates completed; next step is performing experiments with coated bolts

DIVERTOR
Dome 100%
¢ Catia model of dome developed for full tungsten divertor; supporting analysis carried out on new design
¢ Update MIPs for full-scale new-design dome prototype
¢ Qualification of manufacturing process for dome
¢ Lower-level MIPs created for manufacture of dome prototype plasma-facing unit tiles
¢ RF-DA design review for inner particle reflector plate plasma-facing units

Plasma-Facing Component Tests 100%

¢ High heat flux test campaign completed for plasma-facing units of full-scale full-tungsten prototype
¢ Modernization of ITER Divertor Test Facility (new manipulator, independent cooling of electron gun)
¢ Test report on high heat flux tests submitted for divertor outer vertical target full-scale tungsten prototype

VACUUM VESSEL
Upper Ports 100%
¢ Series production continues on upper port components
¢ Final assembly and successful pressure and leak testing of the first upper port stub extension (PSE12)
¢ Participation in technical project management matters
Port Plug Test Facility 100%
¢ Designing and updating of Port Plug Test Facility for nuclear test stands continued for FDR finalization

DIAGNOSTICS 17%
¢ Diagnostic amendment signed for Lower Port Plug 8
¢ Procurement description completed for Upper Port Plug 7

HEATING & CURRENT DRIVE SYSTEMS

Electron Cyclotron Radio Frequency Power Sources (8 gyrotrons out of 24) 33%
¢ First Russian gyrotron set manufactured

Abbreviations • ANB Agreed Notified Body • CDR Conceptual Design Review • DA Domestic Agency • FDR Final Design Review • I&C Instrumentation & Control • IO ITER Organization
• IC ITER Council • FAT Factory Acceptance Tests • MIP Manufacturing & Inspection Plans • MRR Manufacturing Readiness Review • PA Procurement Arrangement • PDR Preliminary Design Review
* Does not include Complementary Diagnostic Arrangements.

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US ITER (US-DA)
www.usiter.org WASHINGTON DC

procurement arrangements*
Fifteen pas signed since 2007 representing…

...AND 92%
OF THE TOTAL
83% IN NUMBER VALUE
OF US-DA IN-KIND
CONTRIBUTIONS.

The US has awarded over 600 contracts to US industry, universities, and national
laboratories in 44 states plus the District of Columbia since 2007.
US PROCUREMENT HIGHLIGHTS IN 2016 % OF ITER SYSTEM PROCURED BY THE US

COOLING WATER SYSTEM

Tokamak Cooling Water System (TCWS) 100%
¢ Preparation for First Plasma FDR underway

MAGNET SYSTEMS
Central Solenoid Modules, Structure and Assembly Tooling 100%
¢ Completed winding of first module (IC milestone)
¢ Completed vacuum pressure impregnation and turn insulation of mockup coil
¢ Wound hexapancakes 4 and 5 for module 2
¢ Commissioned 9 of 10 fabrication work stations
¢ Last two contracts (of 7) for structures pending
¢ Completed lower key block assembly #1
¢ Manufactured first article tie plate
¢ Advanced fabrication of assembly platform
¢ Completed MRR for lifting fixture
Toroidal Field Conductor 8%
¢ Completed first 760-metre unit length by second integrator (IC milestone)
¢ Completed all conductor unit lengths; 7 of 9 deliveries completed to the EU-DA
¢ Toroidal field insert coil testing underway

DIAGNOSTICS
Port-Based Diagnostic Systems 14%
¢ Residual gas analyzer final R&D report completed
¢ Development test stand for motional stark effect mirror cleaning technology in progress
¢ Assembly underway for low field side reflectometer telescope test rig

HEATING & CURRENT DRIVE SYSTEMS

Ion Cyclotron Transmission Lines 88%
¢ Preparation for FDR on Radio Frequency Building components
¢ Fabrication of rotary joint test articles underway
Electron Cyclotron Transmission Lines 88%
¢ Proof-of-concept tests completed at QST Japan
¢ Basic ordering agreement contract signed for fabrication of transmission line switches

FUEL CYCLE
Vacuum Auxiliary and Roughing Pump Stations 100%
¢ Delivery to ITER of vacuum test stand components
¢ Flanges ready to ship to ITER site (IC milestone)
¢ Further testing of cryoviscous compressor completed
Pellet Injection System 100%
¢ Pellet injection cask and system design ongoing
¢ Continued fabrication of fuel recirculation loop test unit
¢ Dual gun nozzle test unit in development
¢ Fabrication underway on latest iteration of twin screw extruder test unit
Disruption Mitigation System 100%
¢ Contract finalized for installation of shattered pellet injection unit on JET

TRITIUM PLANT
Tokamak Exhaust Processing System 88%
¢ Preliminary design contributions continued under IO Task Agreement

POWER SYSTEMS
Steady State Electrical Network 75%
¢ Delivery of power transformers to ITER site (IC milestone)
¢ Delivery of 6.6 kV switchgear to EU-DA
¢ 28 out of 35 planned shipments completed
¢ Contract awarded for fabrication of reactive power compensators
¢ Full contract scope now awarded

Abbreviations • ANB Agreed Notified Body • CDR Conceptual Design Review • DA Domestic Agency • FDR Final Design Review • I&C Instrumentation & Control • IO ITER Organization
• IC ITER Council • FAT Factory Acceptance Tests • MIP Manufacturing & Inspection Plans • MRR Manufacturing Readiness Review • PA Procurement Arrangement • PDR Preliminary Design Review
* Includes Complementary Diagnostic Arrangements.

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FINLAND
SWEDEN

FUSION FOR ENERGY (EU-DA) ESTONIA

www.fusionforenergy.europa.eu LATVIA
IRELAND DENMARK
LITHUANIA
UNITED KINGDOM

procurement arrangements* NETHERLANDS

POLAND
BELGIUM GERMANY
thirty-three pas signed since 2007 representing… LUXEMBOURG
CZECH REPUBLIC
SLOVAKIA
FRANCE AUSTRIA
...AND 85% SWITZERLAND HUNGARY
OF THE TOTAL SLOVENIA CROATIA ROMANIA

67% IN NUMBER VALUE PORTUGAL

ITALY BULGARIA
OF EU-DA IN-KIND SPAIN

CONTRIBUTIONS.
GREECE

The EU has awarded 595 research, design or fabrication contracts (89 in 2016) related to
ITER procurement to universities, laboratories and industry since 2007. MALTA CYPRUS

EU PROCUREMENT HIGHLIGHTS IN 2016 % OF ITER SYSTEM PROCURED BY THE EU

BUILDINGS
Building Construction, Tokamak Pit Excavation and Drainage, Ground Support Structure, Seismic Isolation Pads 100%
¢ Anti-seismic bearings completed in 2012
¢ Start of B1 civil works in Tokamak Building (IC milestone); two basement levels complete at year end
¢ Erection of main cranes in Assembly Building (IC milestone); auxiliary cranes also installed
¢ Work on bioshield reached L1
¢ Started on L2 level of the Diagnostics Building
¢ Six water detritiation tanks installed in Tritium Building (IC milestone)
¢ Progress on Cryoplant, Site Service Building, Cleaning Facility, RF Heating Building, and technical galleries
¢ Start of work on cooling tower and magnet conversions zones
Architect Engineer Services 100%
¢ Construction design submitted for Tokamak Building (L3, L4, L5), Tritium Building, and Diagnostics Building
ITER Headquarters 53.5%
¢ Headquarters building completed in 2012
MAGNET SYSTEMS
Toroidal Field Conductor 20.18%
¢ All conductor unit lengths completed and delivered
Toroidal Field Magnet Windings (10 out of 19) 53%
¢ Completion of first toroidal field winding pack (IC milestone)
¢ 62 of 70 radial plates manufactured
¢ Series production underway: 62 double pancakes wound; 56 heat treated; 53 transferred to radial plates; 30 impregnated
Pre-Compression Rings 100%
¢ Qualification slices manufactured; material room temperature tests initiated
¢ Backup contract signed for manufacturing route based on alternative technology
Poloidal Field Conductor 18%
¢ All conductor unit lengths completed and delivered in 2016
Poloidal Field Magnets No. 2-6 100%
¢ On-site facility (PF2-5): contract signed for full fabrication and cold testing process
¢ Progress in tooling installation and commissioning
¢ Turn insulation qualification completed
¢ First-layer dummy double pancake winding completed for PF5
¢ Qualification activities underway for helium inlets/joints
¢ Facility in China (PF6): progress in tooling installation and commissioning
¢ PF6 qualification activities underway (turn insulation/dummy joint)
¢ PF6 dummy double pancake winding completed
HEATING & CURRENT DRIVE SYSTEMS
Power Supply Heating Neutral Beam 35%
¢ Site acceptance tests completed for SPIDER ion source power supplies
¢ FAT completed for MITICA high voltage deck and bushing
¢ FDR held for MITICA acceleration grid power supplies
¢ FDR held for MITICA grounded related power supplies
Neutral Beam Test Facility (NBTF) Components 64.7%
¢ SPIDER components finalized: vacuum vessel, ion source handling tools, high voltage deck, transmission line
¢ SPIDER vacuum and gas injection system installed; on-site acceptance tests initiated
¢ Manufacturing of all main sub-assemblies for MITICA vacuum vessel completed
¢ Installation of MITICA cooling towers and heat exchangers completed
Neutral Beam Assembly, Testing, Active Compensation & Correction Coils 100%
Neutral Beam Source and High Voltage Bushing 41%
Neutral Beam Pressure Vessel, Magnetic Shielding 100%
Ion Cyclotron Antenna 60%
¢ Testing of copper coating on titanium alloy completed
¢ Testing of Faraday screen mockups completed
¢ Development of Ti-SS rotary friction welding signed
Electron Cyclotron Control System 100%
¢ Framework contract signed for set-up and operation of high power testing facility
¢ First contracts and Task Orders for facility set-up and I&C development
Electron Cyclotron High Voltage Power Supply 62%
¢ FAT start on first power supply unit
Electron Cyclotron Upper Launchers 76%
¢ Prototyping and testing completed: copper cuffs brazed on diamond discs
¢ Design specification for upper launcher isolation valve prototype completed
¢ Task Order for conceptual design of upper launcher cooling system signed; intermediate design report delivered
Abbreviations • ANB Agreed Notified Body • CDR Conceptual Design Review • DA Domestic Agency • FDR Final Design Review • I&C Instrumentation & Control • IO ITER Organization
• IC ITER Council • FAT Factory Acceptance Tests • MIP Manufacturing & Inspection Plans • MRR Manufacturing Readiness Review • PA Procurement Arrangement • PDR Preliminary Design Review

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 DOMESTIC AGENCY PROCUREMENT HIGHLIGHTS

EU PROCUREMENT HIGHLIGHTS IN 2016 % OF ITER SYSTEM PROCURED BY THE EU

Electron Cyclotron Radio Frequency (RF) Power Sources (6 gyrotrons out of 24) 25%
¢ Long-pulse prototype 1 MW gyrotron manufactured and successfully tested in short-pulse regimes
¢ Cryogen-free gyrotron magnet manufactured; FAT completed
VACUUM VESSEL – MAIN VESSEL (5 OF 9 SEGMENTS) 55%
¢ Responsibility for sectors #7 and #8 transferred to IO
¢ Stainless steel forgings produced for sectors 5 (100%); 4 (90%); 3 (46%); 2 (11%); and 9 (5%)
¢ Stainless steel plates produced for sectors 5 (100%); 4 (100%); 3 (100%); 2 (95%); and 9 (90%)
¢ Fabrication initiated for vacuum vessel sector 4
¢ Consortium central engineering team co-located in Chieti, Italy
¢ Reinforcement of vacuum vessel consortium through an additional main subcontractor, ENSA
DIVERTOR
Inner Vertical Targets 100%
¢ First stage pre-qualification for additional suppliers completed with successful manufacture and high-heat-flux testing of representative mockups
Cassette Body and Assembly 100%
¢ Welding of sub-assemblies and structures completed
In-Vessel Divertor Remote Handling Equipment 100%
Divertor Rail 100%
BLANKET
Blanket First Wall 47.4%
¢ Manufacture of two reduced-scale first wall prototypes completed
¢ Successful high-heat-flux testing of two qualification first wall semi-prototypes
Blanket Cooling Manifolds 100%
REMOTE HANDLING
In-Vessel Divertor Remote Handling System 100%
¢ Technology validation tests underway
¢ New design of central cassette validated through fully remote installation at the Divertor Test Platform (DTP2)
Cask and Plug Remote Handling System 100%
¢ Contract signed for supply of cask and plug remote handling system
¢ Analysis of existing conceptual design plus requirements and interfaces initiated
Neutral Beam Remote Handling System 100%
¢ Preliminary design activities for first priority items started
Common technologies 100%
¢ Successful radiation assessment of CMOS-based camera subsystems up to 1 MGy
¢ Design of radiation tolerant front-end ASICs (application-specific integrated circuits) with BISS communication bus started
¢ Stage 1 of development for GENROBOT framework software for equipment controllers
In-Vessel Viewing System 100%
¢ Initial scope evaluation signed
¢ Progress in optics, metrology design and R&D completed
POWER SYSTEMS
Steady State Electrical Network (SSEN) and Pulsed Power Electrical Network (PPEN): Detailed System Engineering Design 100%
¢ Detailed assembly and installation design approved for SSEN and PPEN
Engineering Design and Installation 100%
¢ First PPEN transformer installed in its pit
Emergency Power Supply 100%
SSEN Components 25%
FUEL CYCLE
Front End Cryo-Distribution: Warm Regeneration Lines 100%
¢ FDR package accepted
¢ Final design of warm regeneration lines approved
Front End Cryo-Distribution: Front End Cryopump Distribution 100%
Cryopumps, Torus (6) and Cryostat (2) 100%
Cryopumps, Neutral Beam 100%
¢ Procurement Arrangement for heating and diagnostic neutral beam system cryopumps signed in June
Leak Detection 100%
TRITIUM PLANT
Water Detritiation System 100%
¢ Six water detritiation system tanks installed in Tritium Building (IC milestone)
¢ Contract signed for holding and feeding water detritiation system tanks
¢ Delivery of preliminary design package to IO
Hydrogen Isotope Separation System 100%
CRYOPLANT
Cryoplant: LN2 Plant and Auxiliary Systems 50%
¢ First liquid nitrogen refrigerator equipment FAT completed (IC milestone)
¢ Quench tanks delivered
DIAGNOSTICS
Diagnostics 25%
¢ Continuous External Rogowski (CER) coil fabrication completed
¢ Environmental and gamma-irradiation testing completed for 32 optical component types
¢ Call for tender launched for manufacturing design and build-to-print drawings and specifications
¢ System-level design completed for radial neutron camera; prototyping of diamond detectors started
¢ Opto-mechanical layout for wide-angle viewing system produced
¢ System-level design completed for plasma position reflectometer and collective Thomson scattering
¢ Conceptual design of high-resolution neutron spectrometer completed
RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS
Waste Treatment and Storage 100%
Radiological Protection 100%
Abbreviations • ANB Agreed Notified Body • CDR Conceptual Design Review • DA Domestic Agency • FDR Final Design Review • I&C Instrumentation & Control • IO ITER Organization
• IC ITER Council • FAT Factory Acceptance Tests • MIP Manufacturing & Inspection Plans • MRR Manufacturing Readiness Review • PA Procurement Arrangement • PDR Preliminary Design Review
* Includes Complementary Diagnostic Arrangements.

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INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION

ITER will be the world's largest tokamak with a plasma volume of 840 m³ – nearly ten
times that of the largest machine in operation today. The experimental campaign that will
be carried out in this unique device is crucial to advancing fusion science and preparing the
way for the fusion power plants of tomorrow.

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 INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION

INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
The following entities have signed Cooperation Agreements with the
ITER Organization as of 31/01/2017.

INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
¢ CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research) Switzerland
¢ ERIC (European Spallation Source European Research Infrastructure Consortium) Sweden
¢ IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) Austria
NATIONAL LABORATORIES
¢ Commissariat à l’Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives, CEA France
¢ Dutch Institute for Fundamental Energy Research, DIFFER Netherlands
¢ Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH, Institut fuer Energi und Klimaforschung, FZJ Germany
¢ Institute of Plasma Physics of the Academy of Science of the Czech Republic, IPP-Prague Czech Republic
¢ Institute for Plasma Research, IPR India
¢ Institute of Plasma Physics Chinese Academy of Sciences, ASIPP China
¢ Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, KIT Germany
¢ Max-Planck-Institut für Plasmaphysik, IPP Germany
¢ National Fusion Research Institute, NFRI Korea
¢ National Institute for Fusion Science, NIFS Japan
¢ United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority, UKAEA-CCFE United Kingdom
UNIVERSITIES
¢ Seoul National University Korea
¢ The Eindhoven University of Technology, TU/e Netherlands
¢ The National Research Nuclear University (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute MEPhI) Russia
¢ Universitad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) Spain
¢ Université Aix-Marseille France
¢ University of Beihang (BUAA) China
¢ University of Durham United Kingdom
¢ University of Genoa (Department of Electrical, Electronic, Telecommunications Engineering and Naval Architecture, DITEN) Italy
¢ University of Ghent (Ughent) Belgium
¢ University of Illinois United States
¢ University of Keio Japan
¢ University of Kyoto Japan
¢ University of Liverpool United Kingdom
¢ University of Ljubljana Slovenia
¢ University of Manchester United Kingdom
¢ Universidad Nacional de Educación a distancia (UNED) Spain
¢ University of Oxford United Kingdom
¢ University of Pisa (Department of Civil and Industrial Engineering) Italy
¢ University of Rome-Sapienza Italy
¢ University of Tohoku (School of Engineering) Japan
¢ University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) China
¢ USTC School of Nuclear Science and Technology (SNST) China
¢ Università degli studi di Palermo (UNIPA) Italy
¢ University of Strathclyde United Kingdom
¢ University of York United Kingdom
NATIONAL SCHOOLS
¢ Ecole Centrale de Marseille (ECM) France
¢ Politecnico di Milano Italy
¢ Politecnico di Torino (PoliTo) Italy
¢ The Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) Sweden
NON-ITER MEMBERS
¢ Principality of Monaco Monaco
¢ Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO) Australia

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ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE

iter organization

ITER ITER Council

Secretariat ICS
COUNCIL
Legal Affairs LGA
Director-General
Bernard Bigot ¢¢
ITER Organization
ITER Organization
Central Team IO-CT
Cabinet CAB ¢¢
Executive Project Chief Operating
Officer/DDG1 ¢
and ITER Domestic
Board
Agencies
EPB Relations Coordinating
Officer/DDG2 ¢
IO-DAs
Quality Assurance
& Assessment Communication COM
Division
QAA ¢
Internal Audit IAS

External Relations &

Deputy to the Site
Action Plan
Construction Director
Implementation Office
(SCDD)
(ORAP)

Finance & Procurement Human Resources Project Control Office Central Integration Safety Department
Department (FPD) ¢ Department (HRD) ¢ (PCO) ¢ Office (CIO) ¢ (SD) ¢

Finance & Budget • Talent & Competencies Schedule Control Project Information System Security, Health & Safety
• Accounting, Treasury Development & Project Management Configuration Management Environmental
& Systems • Remuneration, Resource Control • Document Control Protection
• Budget Management Performance & & Performance & Nuclear Safety
• Financial Control Design & Construction
Employment Management Integration • Safety Analysis &
Procurement & Contracts • Design Integration Assessment
• Procurement Construction, • System Integration • Safety Control
Assembly and Logistics
• Procurement Engineering, Analysis Section
Plant and Support Design Office
• CAD Infrastructure
• CAD

Tokamak Engineering Plant Engineering Construction Science & Operations

Department (TED) ¢ Department (PED) ¢ Department (CST) ¢ Department (SCOD) ¢

Magnet Electrical Engineering Tokamak Assembly Science

• Toroidal Field Coil • Coil Power Supply Tokamak Complex • Tungsten Divertor &
• Poloidal Field Coil • Electrical Power Facilities, Logistics & Plasma-Wall Interactions
• Central Solenoid Distribution Materials • Confinement & Modelling
& Correction Coil • Cable Management • Facilities Management • Stability & Control
• Superconductor Systems Sub-Section • Building & Civil Works Control System
& Auxiliaries Cooling Systems • CODAC
Construction
Vessel Engineering Management • Plant Control &
Port Plugs & • Cooling Water System Instrumentation
Diagnostics Integration • Cryogenic System Operation Management
• In-Vessel Diagnostics • Vacuum Vessel Pressure
• Ex-Vessel Diagnostics Suppression Systems &
• Common Port Plug Auxiliary Functions
Engineering Tokamak Cooling
Heating & Current Drive Water System
• Electron Cyclotron • Tokamak Cooling Water
• Ion Cyclotron Lower Hybrid System Design
• Neutral Beam Fuel Cycle Engineering
Internal Components • Tritium Plant
• Blanket • Fuelling & Wall Conditioning
• Divertor • Vacuum
• Tritium Breeding Blanket Remote Handling &
Systems Radioactive Materials
• Remote Handling Cover image… The perfectly circular ITER bioshield is rising in the
& Hot Cell Complex centre of the Tokamak Complex. Its role is to protect workers and
Field Engineering the environment from radiation generated by the fusion reaction.
Installation

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Towering 60 metres above the construction site, the ITER Assembly Building was equipped in
2016 with its main and auxiliary handling cranes and dressed out in polished steel cladding.

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