23 May (NucNet): Toshiba Corporation concluded a contract with the Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA) for the manufacture of toroidal field coils for the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (Iter) being constructed in Cadarache, France, a statement said.
Keihin Product Operations and Toshiba IHI Power Systems Corporation will begin manufacturing the coils the end of this month. The Iter facility will have a total of 18 coils and initiate plasma experiments in 2020.
Toshiba has been commissioned to manufacture four toroidal field coils and six containers to hold the coils, and will start deliveries in 2017.
Toroidal field coils are used to produce strong magnetic fields that confine the high-temperature plasma necessary for nuclear fusion to occur.
