Manufacturing of the ITER TF Full Size Prototype Conductor

Author

Vetrella, U. Besi ; della Corte, A. ; De Marzi, G. ; Di Zenobio, A. ; Muzzi, L. ; Reccia, L. ; Turtù, S. ; Baldini, A. ; Bruzzone, P. ; Salpietro, E. ; Vostner, A.

Author_Institution

EURATOM-ENEA Assoc., Rome

Volume

18

Issue

2

fYear

2008

fDate

6/1/2008 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1105

Lastpage

1108

Abstract

The experience gained in the past for the ITER toroidal field model coil conductor and the results obtained so far have led to the definition of an upgraded full size prototype conductor, based on advanced Nb₃Sn strand, and entirely manufactured in the European Union (EU). Samples for the characterization in the Sultan facility have been prepared by Luvata (Italy) following the conductor layout defined by ITER. ENEA was responsible for conductor fabrication. Since the conductor layout was new, a full size copper dummy conductor has been preventively produced for the setting of the cabling and jacketing tools. Then, a total of four full size superconducting cables have been prepared by using Nb₃Sn advanced strands produced by Oxford Instruments (OST) and European advanced superconductors (EAS), by internal tin and bronze technology, respectively. The details of manufacturing procedures will be described in this paper.

Keywords

Tokamak devices; fusion reactor instrumentation; superconducting cables; ITER TF full size prototype conductor; ITER toroidal field model coil conductor; advanced Nb₃Sn strand; conductor fabrication; superconducting cables; ${rm Nb}_{3}{rm Sn}$; Cable-in-conduit conductors; ITER;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Applied Superconductivity, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1051-8223

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TASC.2008.922265

Filename

4519999