Progress on European ITER TF Coil Cold Test and Insertion Work Package

The ITER is an international scientific project with the aim of building a tokamak fusion reactor capable of producing ten times more energy than that spent to sustain the reaction. The reaction is magnetically confined, and the toroidal field (TF) coil system plays a primary role in this confinement. Fusion for Energy, which is the European Domestic Agency (EU-DA) for ITER, is responsible for the supply of 10 out of the 19 TF coils. In May 2014, F4E signed a contract with SIMIC SpA (BNG GmbH as the main subsupplier) to carry out the final step of the TF procurement and finally deliver them to the ITER construction site in Cadarache, F. This paper gives an update on the status of the first stage of the contract, particularly on the procurement of the main special tooling and the qualification activities that have been carried out to qualify the special processes.