The Cryostat and Subsystems Development at ITER

ITER is a large experimental tokamak being built to research fusion power. The ITER cryostat is a multifunctional system which provides vacuum insulation for the superconducting magnets operating at 4.5 K and for the thermal shield operating at 80 K. It also serves as a structural support for the tokamak and provides access ways and corridors to the vacuum vessel for diagnostic lines of sight, additional heating beams and the deployment of remote handling equipment. The cryostat has feed-through penetrations for all the equipment connecting elements of systems outside the cryostat to the corresponding elements inside the cryostat. The cryostat is a vacuum containment vessel having a very large volume of ∼16000 m3 designed to be evacuated to a base pressure of 10-4 Pa. Design details of the cryostat and associated systems, including Torus Cryopump Housing (TCPH), are discussed. Status report of the cryostat developments is presented.DISCLAIMERThe views and opinions expressed herein do not necessarily reflect those of the ITER Organization.