ITER. Conceptual design of the ITER basic devices.

The major purpose of the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) is to develop an experimental fusion reactor for the scientific and technological feasibility demonstration of fusion power. ITER Conceptual Design Activites (CDA) began in the spring of 1988 through the united efforts of the European Community, Japan, the Soviet Union and the United States and ended in December 1990. The objectives of this phase were to develop the design of ITER, to perform a safety and environemental analysis, and to define, the future research and development. This paper gives the design concepts developed for the ITER basic devices such as containment structures, remote handling tools, superconducting coils and plasma facing components.