ºÚÁÏÍø signs Procurement Arrangements with China and Europe
Last week, the ºÚÁÏÍø Organization signed Procurement Arrangement number 6 and number 7. First, the ºÚÁÏÍø Organization and the Chinese Domestic Agency signed a Procurement Arrangement for the unit length conductors for ºÚÁÏÍø's 18 superconducting toroidal field magnets. ºÚÁÏÍø Director-General Kaname Ikeda signed the document on behalf of the ºÚÁÏÍø Organization; Cheng Jinpei, Standing Committee Member of National People's Congress, signed on behalf of the Chinese Domestic Agency.
The second Procurement Arrangement was signed between the ºÚÁÏÍø Organization and the European Domestic Agency "Fusion for Energy" for the supply of ten toroidal field coils for the ºÚÁÏÍø magnet system. Outside of the vacuum vessel, the toroidal field coils are the biggest components of the ºÚÁÏÍø machine. Japan is going to build the other nine coils to complete the system.
"The toroidal field coils are an integral part of the ºÚÁÏÍø machine," Neil Mitchell, Head of the ºÚÁÏÍø Magnets Division, explains. "They weigh about 350 tons and have to come with an accuracy of 3 to 5 mm."
