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The Future of Energy ITER, the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor, is a collaborative global engineering megaproject focused on fusion research and the development of the world’s largest experimental tokamak by 2025. A tokamak reactor confines and controls the plasma of reactive charged particles with complex magnetic fields to harness energy. ITER was formed in 1985 and has since grown into an effort with thirty-five participating countries worldwide under the EU and in India, Japan, Korea, Russia, and the USA. Designed to generate a ten-fold return of net energy, the ITER tokamak will pave the way for next-generation energy technology.

 

 

The Challenge

 

The atypical environment of the fusion reactor presented a unique challenge which entailed the need for a highly customized fiber optic bundle. ITER researchers needed a way to guide plasma emissions from the tokamak to a diagnostic building for further analysis. The ideal fiber optic bundle to achieve this would contain 61 fibers and need to be 60 meters in length to reach the diagnostic building. Fiberguide’s high OH Superguide SFS fiber with a custom defined core diameter of 113µm was selected for this. Additionally, the stringent safety requirements of the nuclear fusion facility meant that the custom fiber bundle would need to be leak tight, enclosed in a sealed sleeve, and able to transmit optimally under conditions of heavy radiation. Achieving these prerequisites was critical since the fiber optic bundle would pass through secondary confinement barriers and fire sections of the tokamak. Because of the unique application requirements, qualification testing for assessing leak rates under stable conditions as well as under seismic disturbances combined with destructive fire propagation testing on prototype bundles was a requirement. 

 

Author: Fiberguide

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