Pietro Barabaschi visited Russian institutes

Rosatom, PUBLISHED 15.10.2024

Pietro Barabaschi, Director-General of the ITER International Organization, reviewed the process of development and manufacturing of key Russian systems for the international thermonuclear reactor in St. Petersburg on October 9, within the framework of his official visit to the Russian Federation.

The first point of ITER Director-General's visit was Efremov Scientific Research Institute of Electrophysical Apparatus (NIIEFA JSC, a ROSATOM enterprise).

Pietro Barabaschi held a meeting with the management of the Institute and saw around the facilities for high-tech components manufacturing of the future plant, in particular, the benches involved in the program of the first wall panels and diverter central assemblies manufacturing.

During the visit, Mr. Barabaschi was also demonstrated specimens of switchgear finished items, some of them are already included in the next shipment.

Sergey Gertsog, Director of NIIEFA JSC, noted:

"NIIEFA is the major Russian developer and supplier of equipment within the framework of the joint implementation of ITER project.

We develop and manufacture a number of systems, without which the reactor operation is impossible at all. A large part of these components has already been manufactured and shipped to the construction site, and this year we will continue to ship the most sophisticated electrical equipment we manufacture.

Today, Pietro Barabaschi has had the opportunity to personally see our competencies and assess the level of scientific and production potential of the Institute. Our enterprise keeps fulfilling all obligations on equipment deliveries and tests in accordance with the contracts concluded,".

The second point on the business program of ITER Director-General in St. Petersburg was Ioffe Institute of Physics and Technology of RAS (FTI).

The Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences manufactures high-tech diagnostic complexes that are critical for the study of a whole range of reactor operation parameters. Director-General of the ITER organization saw over the laboratory complexes for the development of diagnostic systems.

Following the visit, Anatoly Krasilnikov, Director of ITER Project Center (a ROSATOM organization), said:

, "It is very good that Pietro Barabaschi visited our leading research centers just now, when the project is moving to a new baseline.

Both institutes are doing a tremendous amount of work on the ITER project. In particular, a series of tests of a promising reactor first wall cladding material has now begun at NIIEFA; the importance of these studies cannot be overestimated.

FTI, with its vast experience in the study of plasma physics and the development of diagnostic equipment, is creating complexes that will ensure control over the successful functioning of the future plant. They are being developed in strict accordance with the reactor construction schedule."

Topics: Fusion, ITER, Russia, Rosatom

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