Fusion For Energy - Bringing the power of the sun to earth

19 November 2018

Contract signed for Inner Vessel Coil Mechanical Platforms

The upper part of the mock-up of the platform that will be manufactured by Sgenia (Photo courtesy of ITER Organization).

F4E signs a contract with Sgenia for manufacturing of platforms into which diagnostic sensors will be integrated, for installation in ITER.

14 November 2018

Preparations underway to give electrical power to MITICA

The power supply for the Residual Ion Dump (RID), manufactured by OCEM PE, financed by F4E, has been delivered to MITICA - the second experiment of the ITER Neutral Beam Test Facility, Consorzio RFX, Padua, Italy. On the left, the Acceleration Grid Power Supplies Conversion System, produced by NIDEC ASI, financed by F4E.

F4E has installed most of the equipment that will connect the second experiment of the ITER Neutral Beam Test Facility to the grid.

09 November 2018

Remote Handling design for ITER Diagnostics port plugs successfully validated

Members of UKAEA's RACE facility, who led the tests, together with representative of F4E, ITER IO, the Japanese Domestic Agency and IDOM ADA, who designed the DSM.

Tests have shown that F4E's Diagnostic Shielding Module is well-optimised for remote handling maintenance of port-based diagnostics.

11 October 2018

Auditors from Scientific Organisations Meet in Barcelona

Marc Miot (F4E), Gerhard Kreiner (ESA), Jose Travesi Garcia (EUMETSAT), Elena Llopis (ESO), John Steel (CERN), Radoslav Sinkovic (F4E), Tomasz Smolarek (EMBL), Malika Moussi-Kunstig (ESRF) and Helen Feetenby (EUROCONTROL).

Meeting underlines importance of audit work in complex scientific environments

09 October 2018

F4E participates in EIROforum Council meeting

The F4E Director together with the participants of the EIROforum Council meeting.

F4E’s Director participated in the exchange of expertise concerning research and the management of large infrastructures.

08 October 2018

F4E hosts European Physical Society energy meeting

Participants of the European Physical Society energy meeting hosted by F4E.

Gathering 25 participants from 15 different countries, the purpose of the meeting was to exchange knowledge and give an overview of energy-related topics.

02 November 2018 - 10 January 2019

F4E-AMF-0919

Provision of Internal Audit Support Services to the Internal Audit Capability (IAC)

18 October 2018 - 27 November 2018

F4E-OMF-0938

PROVISION OF ENGINEERING SUPPORT IN THE AREA OF ELECTROMAGNETIC ANALYSIS OF ITER COMPONENTS

08 October 2018 - 10 December 2018

F4E-AFC-0918

Provision of Medical Services

27 September 2018 - 19 November 2018

F4E-OPE-0936

RF loads for LIPAc RF modules