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> On the other hand, we DO build incrementally larger versions. You're referring to JET? Does ITER benefit from production facilities that were used for it?
by the8472 6y ago
> On the other hand, we DO build incrementally larger versions.
You're referring to JET? Does ITER benefit from production facilities that were used for it?
- pezezin 6y agoFirst of all, I'm just a computer guy who joined this field two years ago. I still don't know much, so please excuse my ignorance. Regarding JET and ITER, according to what I heard from my coworkers, all the knowledge that was gained at JET is being used for ITER. I guess many of the productions facilities are being reused too, but I would need to ask them. Regarding our project (IFMIF), we are building a linear accelerator to simulate the neutron flux inside a fusion reactor and study the behavior of different materials. The accelerator is composed of an injector, several acceleration stages, and a beam dump. First the injector and the beam dump were installed and tested, and then all the other stages are being installed and tested incrementally. But a linear accelerator is a very different machine from a tokamak.
- the8472 6y agoI'm asking because afaik (and that's fairly superficial knowledge) is that JET is mostly a european project while ITER is built internationally and the production is intentionally assigned fairly (to spread experience to contributors) rather than with a focus on efficiency. So that implies to me that there would be many new manufacturing places all over the globe. In other words it's made from scratch, more or less.