# \#magnetic-confinement
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## [Civil Engineering of ITER (International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor)](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/civil-engineering-of-iter-international-thermonuclear-experimental-reactor/4019)
**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\
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**Last updated:** [22 November 2023 13:56 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/civil-engineering-of-iter-international-thermonuclear-experimental-reactor/4019 "2023-11-22T13:56:25Z")
Earlier posts here about the design and construction of ITER: Fusion Friday (1): Introduction to the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) 2022-03-11 Fusion Friday (2): The ITER Blanket …
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## [Fusion Friday (9): Joint European Torus (JET) Deuterium-Tritium Results](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/fusion-friday-9-joint-european-torus-jet-deuterium-tritium-results/1438)
**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\
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**Last updated:** [27 May 2022 12:23 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/fusion-friday-9-joint-european-torus-jet-deuterium-tritium-results/1438 "2022-05-27T12:23:12Z")
The Joint European Torus (JET), located at the Culham Centre for Fusion Energy in Oxfordshire, England is an experimental nuclear fusion reactor of the tokamak design. It was designed to develop and test t…
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## [Fusion Friday (8): The ITER Cooling Water System](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/fusion-friday-8-the-iter-cooling-water-system/1398)
**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\
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**Last updated:** [20 May 2022 12:12 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/fusion-friday-8-the-iter-cooling-water-system/1398 "2022-05-20T12:12:34Z")
The International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) is going to generate a lot of heat, not just from the fusion reaction, if ultimately successful, but from the equipment that generates, confines, …
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## [Fusion Friday (7): The ITER Research Plan—Road to Q=10](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/fusion-friday-7-the-iter-research-plan-road-to-q-10/1358)
**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\
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**Last updated:** [13 May 2022 13:03 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/fusion-friday-7-the-iter-research-plan-road-to-q-10/1358 "2022-05-13T13:03:17Z")
The ultimate goal of the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) is to demonstrate steady-state net power generation from a self-sustaining nuclear burn in a magnetically confined plasma of …
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## [Fusion Friday (6): ITER Tokamak Plasma Physics](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/fusion-friday-6-iter-tokamak-plasma-physics/1317)
**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\
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**Last updated:** [6 May 2022 11:50 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/fusion-friday-6-iter-tokamak-plasma-physics/1317 "2022-05-06T11:50:48Z")
The colossal assemblies of magnets, vacuum vessel, cryogenics, blanket, and other components of the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor, not to mention its vast array of power supplies, vacuum …
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## [Fusion Friday (5): ITER Machine Assembly](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/fusion-friday-5-iter-machine-assembly/1282)
**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\
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**Last updated:** [29 April 2022 11:50 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/fusion-friday-5-iter-machine-assembly/1282 "2022-04-29T11:50:52Z")
The International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER), when completely assembled, will have a mass of 23,000 tonnes (excluding external support equipment) with components manufactured around the world…
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## [Fusion Friday (2): The ITER Blanket System](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/fusion-friday-2-the-iter-blanket-system/1055)
**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\
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**Last updated:** [18 March 2022 13:02 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/fusion-friday-2-the-iter-blanket-system/1055 "2022-03-18T13:02:26Z")
The blanket, composed of 440 modules with a total mass of 1530 tonnes that line the inner walls of the torus chamber containing the fusion plasma, performs several essential functions. A large fraction of …
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## [Fusion Friday (1): Introduction to the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER)](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/fusion-friday-1-introduction-to-the-international-thermonuclear-experimental-reactor-iter/1013)
**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\
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**Last updated:** [11 March 2022 13:58 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/fusion-friday-1-introduction-to-the-international-thermonuclear-experimental-reactor-iter/1013 "2022-03-11T13:58:12Z")
Here is more on the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER), now under construction in Saint-Paul-lès-Durance, France. In an earlier post on 2021-05-24, we toured the ITER construction site.…