ITER-NL

The ITER-NL initiative brings together the know-how needed to develop and construct specific parts of the ITER international fusion experiment. Our aim is to enable Dutch companies to have strong participation in ITER and to facilitate front-line participation of Dutch research in the scientific exploitation of ITER.

ITER-NL is a consortium between three Dutch research institutes: the Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research TNO, the Foundation for Fundamental Research on Matter FOM (with her FOM-Institute for Plasma Physics Rijnhuizen), and the Nuclear Research and consultancy Group NRG.

If you are interested in cooperating with a Dutch company, have a look at the current list of companies, and/or contact Maryse Huisman-Stam.

Companies involved

Philips AMS

Ontwikkeling van refractaire metalen (hoogsmeltende metalen, Wolfraam en Molybdeen) aan de hand van specifieke samenstellingen, processen en productie van hoogwaardige componenten. Lees verder »

Dutch Space

Ontwikkelaar en systeem-integrator van multidisciplinaire, multi-nationale, complexe systemen voor ruimtevaart-, militaire- en civiele toepassingen. Lees verder »

Exploform

Specialist in explosief omvormen van complex gevormde onderdelen. Lees verder »

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Current

Testplatform for ITER-robotics inaugurated

On January 29th, the Divertor Test Platform for ITER (DTP2) was inaugurated in the Finnish Tampere. The facility aims at testing the remote servicing of the ITER divertor by robots and is seen as an important step ahead for ITER and for international fusion research. Remote handling, or manipulation and maintenance at a distance, is important technology for future fusion energy plants and for ITER in particular. The ITER divertor, for instance, where the fusion product helium is removed from the reactor, will face high heat loads and will need regular maintenance. The DTP2-facility allows for practical testing of remote handling procedures that so far only exist on paper. 'This facility is ideally suited for training and transfer of knowledge', says Fusion for Energy-director Didier Gambier: 'The expertise developed here will certainly result in significant spin-off applications.'