ITER Assembly - In-Vessel components

Part 2 of our Tokamk assembly series

[@Penguin_of_Death]

This whole project is just...NUTS!!! Loving the engineering that's going into it...how the hell do you even start designing something like that? Aliens, they must be..!

[@o0ooo0]

Yea really mindblwoing

[@zdenekburian1366]

I don't believe in this technology, it will become obsolete before it starts. But I don't believe it will start in the first place. Only useful as political tool, imperialistic influence, economic trick by state capitalism, harvesting of parasitic boureaucratic and technical classes, and military test bed.

[@meatsaucez1516]

zdenek burian look up Isaac Arthur’s video on fusion. It’s really informative.

[@zdenekburian1366]

@@meatsaucez1516 thanx for addressing me to that channel

[@meatsaucez1516]

zdenek burian enjoy 😉

[@njm3211]

Good luck guys. Let's get this baby up and running!

[@TheYoyozo]

Norman Mattson don’t hold your breath. 2025-2030 at the earliest.

[@Erik-rp1hi]

This reminds me of the movie, "Contact" with Jodie Foster. That machine too was bigger than life.

[@planegaper]

check out the Stelarator, in Germany, take this thing and twist it like a pretzel, mind you it's a bit smaller, as it doesn't need the magnetic power to bend the plazma, but rather follows it's natural path... Wendelstein 7-X ..en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendelstein_7-X... thing defies reality, and has produced some interesting results..

[@kummer45]

This will be one of the most important project if not THE MOST IMPORTANT project of this century done in collaboration.

[@bluestonebest1893]

The heart of a monster... now we need the monster that will bear it.

[@MikeJD]

They waiting for you Gordon .... In test chamberrrr

[@anthellis]

That is amazing. The engineering is so impressive.

[@zeeoh6ix]

they would win the Death Star contract. unfortunately one of the ports would prove to be a weakness.

[@daniel_dumile]

And the target planets population will be extinct by the time it’s finished

[@ph11p3540]

The Apollo Space program of energy technology. Unprecedented complexity, coordination of hundreds of subcontractors, ambition and hopes for mankind.

[@MartyInTheWoods]

3:45 collision of the EMS coil with the carrier system detected ;-))

[@raystron]

Imitando o sol está máquina vai revolucionar a produção de energia limpa.

[@cherrybacon9790]

When finally switched on, the machine will look left, look right and state: "Alright guys, no intelligent life on earth... Shutting down."

[@florin604]

Except the one who built it?!

[@cherrybacon9790]

@@florin604 oO good point ;)

[@MartyInTheWoods]

Yes, but in a distant future this machine will power the facility where the first Terminator units will be manufactured - quite intelligent robots at least :-D edit: here, I found a video from the future, the T600 assembly line: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gGKae4aqnbV2Zqc

[@Flashbackxxx]

Amazing, stunning... have no wrods...

[@thlee3]

this is incredible animation

[@AIengine]

I like this kind of complex project and other robot building project .

[@callejondorado]

I wish I can work there, even as a volunteer. Canada is not in that game for some reason.

[@beire1569]

imagine needing to replace a part, you need to disassemble everything backwards? replacing a coil would be horrible

[@mat7can106]

Pretty sure that the engineers already thought of that

[@ottovonottsville476]

For storing antimatter created in the LHC directly north. Next 2 rings will bring the LHC into close proximity.

[@KMon1111IND]

I wish if someone could store your shit loaded brain in some device like this.

[@ottovonottsville476]

@@KMon1111IND ahahaaa

[@tomlama]

These guys are making the new USS Enterprise.. I can't believe this project, fucking difficult something, low output, just a steam power generation, and i Think there is no chance to get a working reactor one..

[@andyb2339]

All the inspection happens at night! Curious if this is standard construction practice, or something being done to meet deadlines?

[@bajrangsinghtanwar8787]

Good job ITER

[@jinx7579]

So inspiring!

[@kishoreinhere]

Mind blowing..What is the modeling software used for ITER plant design?

[@Erik-rp1hi]

Yikes! I just think of the cost to make and the reality no one knows for sure if it is going to work. I hope the insight that is weaned out of the unit does not generate calculations that, "we need a bigger one".

[@shrabonibabu]

If we could make the Hubble right, we wound be also make it go right. Please have confidence on humans ingenuity. Resolution however take time. Wish it success in the first go.

[@sciencoking]

Interesting choice, KZbin. What are you trying to tell me?

[@m.t-thoughts8919]

I guess this will be the longest part.😀

[@moebro38]

Anyone else seeing a bunch of videos like this after watching that Delta P video?

[@juniorballs6025]

I wonder what the Victorians would have made of this!

[@maxmustermann5353]

TETRIS Players at work...

[@erasmoderosa6830]

Si potrebbero anche creare delle centrali ad energia elettro plasma solare ricavando energia direttamente dai venti solari con l'utilizzo di una serie di mongolfiere collegate a cavi d'acciaio installate all'estremo polo nord e all'estremo polo sud e collegate tra di loro a dei trasformatori con cavi di acciaio sottomarini . Così si avrà sempre energia elettrica sempre gratis infinita e pulitissima senza inquinare nulla e senza consumare nulla . E ad un tale progetto devono partecipare tutte le nazioni del mondo , nessuna nazione al mondo dovrà mai più essere succube di un altra nazione .

[@kummer45]

Dare: Watch this again with Deep Space Nine Season 1 without crying. Turn the sound off in this video and watch it again with the song in the background. kzbin.info/www/bejne/rXeuhYGHjq2embs Whatever you imagine is exactly what you will see in the image. The first steps towards space started here with ITER.

[@Hal--9000]

Ça donne envie de jouer aux Lego...

[@a__duck]

Cryostat base is in !!!!

[@szlkok]

2:00 the coil passes through the beam

[@free_spirit1]

Helium ash? What's that?

[@carlob517]

Helium ash. Ash is the name given to the energetic alpha-particles or helium nuclei produced by fusion reactions in a deuterium-tritium plasma, even though helium bears no physical resemblance to ash from a fire.

[@robc.3486]

If we tried this here in the U.S. all the components would be outsourced with little to no oversight and come back out of tolerance, to far behind schedule to reject, so they would resort to inhouse rework, go 10x over budget and it would never even get finished.

[@guilldea]

This is a collaboration between the US, europe, India, Korea, Japan, etc. Most components are "outsourced", its gone massively over budget and the conception of the project was 4 decades ago. It ticks almost all of the caviats you mentioned but its to be expected from such a huge task

[@Othello379]

:)

[@thlee3]

we need a lego techniques model, please. k thanks.

[@smokeythebeartokes]

So is this the Death Star ?

[@KMon1111IND]

No. It's only a star.

[@lordbryson]

why is so big?

[@simonrano8072]

Nuclear version of a sailboat in a bottle

[@sugershakify]

6 years later and they only just set the first of these pieces in place...

[@bigrob966]

Manufacturing on the bleeding edge of technology is difficult. Who would've thought?!

[@zolikoff]

They can do all this in 2 years but the suckers at EDF take 3 to redo a handful of welds in some tubes...

[@herrakaarme]

The guy on the mobile platform didn't do anything, though. He had no tablet or other kind of remote controlling units. If something had gone wrong, for example the crane had started to break the components costing millions, all he could have done is scream and jump up and down.

[@28704joe]

If something went bad someone would have to scream up and down; thats his job.

[@free_spirit1]

Animation's expensive yo

[@ptonpc]

This is an animation from 2014. It is just supposed to give you a rough idea what is going to happen.

[@herrakaarme]

@@ptonpc God is in the detail, my friend.

[@MrCCguitar]

Sorry. I don't want to be anywhere near it when they throw the switch for the first time.

[@godbluffvdgg]

Anyone endorsing this is a bit dim, regarding technology...

[@megavolt1978]

Right name it device is TOKOMAK!!!!!!!

[@bobgarr6246]

Ok, this was very interesting from an engineering standpoint, but with no explanation of what ITER is or does it was meaningless and quite useless to watch.

[@ptonpc]

ITER is an international experiment to create sustainable fusion. The amount of fusion energy a tokamak is capable of producing is a direct result of the number of fusion reactions taking place in its core. Scientists know that the larger the vessel, the larger the volume of the plasma ... and therefore the greater the potential for fusion energy. With ten times the plasma volume of the largest machine operating today, the ITER Tokamak will be a unique experimental tool, capable of longer plasmas and better confinement. The machine has been designed specifically to: 1) Produce 500 MW of fusion power The world record for fusion power is held by the European tokamak JET. In 1997, JET produced 16 MW of fusion power from a total input heating power of 24 MW (Q=0.67). ITER is designed to produce a ten-fold return on energy (Q=10), or 500 MW of fusion power from 50 MW of input heating power. ITER will not capture the energy it produces as electricity, but-as first of all fusion experiments in history to produce net energy gain-it will prepare the way for the machine that can. 2) Demonstrate the integrated operation of technologies for a fusion power plant ITER will bridge the gap between today's smaller-scale experimental fusion devices and the demonstration fusion power plants of the future. Scientists will be able to study plasmas under conditions similar to those expected in a future power plant and test technologies such as heating, control, diagnostics, cryogenics and remote maintenance. 3) Achieve a deuterium-tritium plasma in which the reaction is sustained through internal heating Fusion research today is at the threshold of exploring a "burning plasma"-one in which the heat from the fusion reaction is confined within the plasma efficiently enough for the reaction to be sustained for a long duration. Scientists are confident that the plasmas in ITER will not only produce much more fusion energy, but will remain stable for longer periods of time. 4) Test tritium breeding One of the missions for the later stages of ITER operation is to demonstrate the feasibility of producing tritium within the vacuum vessel. The world supply of tritium (used with deuterium to fuel the fusion reaction) is not sufficient to cover the needs of future power plants. ITER will provide a unique opportunity to test mockup in-vessel tritium breeding blankets in a real fusion environment. 5) Demonstrate the safety characteristics of a fusion device ITER achieved an important landmark in fusion history when, in 2012, the ITER Organization was licensed as a nuclear operator in France based on the rigorous and impartial examination of its safety files. One of the primary goals of ITER operation is to demonstrate the control of the plasma and the fusion reactions with negligible consequences to the environment.

[@xxxggthyf]

Ever heard of things like Google (who own KZbin by the way) or Wikipedia? There are sites on the electronical information superhighway, or "websites" if you will, where you can type "ITER" in and by the miracle of modern technology all of your questions will be answered. You can even use The Google for finding naughty pictures of people in a state déshabillé I believe. You're welcome.

[@Erik-rp1hi]

@@ptonpc It does not look like maintenance will be easy. A lot of layers. Incredible design and fabrication job.

[@ptonpc]

@@Erik-rp1hi I expect it will be done on the same basis as LHC. Have enough redundancies so that nothing dangerous happens and shut down every so often for a complete refit.