Title :
Preparation for the ITER Central Solenoid Conductor Manufacturing
Author :
Hamada, K. ; Nunoya, Y. ; Isono, T. ; Takahashi, Y. ; Kawano, Katsumi ; Saito, T. ; Oshikiri, M. ; Uno, Y. ; Koizumi, N. ; Nakajima, Hiromasa ; Matsuda, H. ; Yano, Y. ; Devred, A. ; Libeyre, P. ; Bessette, D. ; Jewell, M.C.
Author_Institution :
Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Naka, Japan
fDate :
6/1/2012 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The ITER Central Solenoid (CS) conductor is composed of 576 superconducting strands and 288 Cu strands assembled together into a multistage cable and protected by a circle-in-square jacket with the outer dimension of 49 mm × 49 mm. In R&D to prepare for the ITER CS conductor manufacturing, mechanical tests of jacket, welding tests and manufacturing of 181-m long dummy conductor have been performed. In this paper, the R&D activities are presented, showing that as a result of this R&D, the CS conductor manufacturing technologies have been preliminary defined to start the procurement of the CS conductor.
Keywords :
conductors (electric); manufacturing processes; mechanical testing; research and development; superconducting cables; superconducting magnets; CS conductor; ITER central solenoid conductor manufacturing technology; R&D activity; circle-in-square jacket; dummy conductor; jacket mechanical tests; multistage cable; size 181 m; superconducting strands; welding tests; Cable shielding; Conductors; Copper; Force; Joints; Materials; Welding; Cable-in-conduit conductor; ITER; fusion reactors; niobium-tin; superconducting magnet;
Journal_Title :
Applied Superconductivity, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TASC.2011.2176708
