Began the manufacturing of key components
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| Fusion reactor ITER |
Fusion reactor ITER, currently under construction on the site of the research center of Cadarache in the South of France, is the largest in the world project for the implementation of controlled nuclear fusion, which is currently considered as a promising source of clean energy. Naturally, the ITER reactor will be incredibly difficult to install, requiring constant maintenance and repair to keep it in working condition. And, due to the fact that the conditions, such as temperature, radiation level and other, in some areas of the reactor is many times higher than acceptable for the human limits, work in these areas can be accomplished only with the help of specialized robots. Recently, the European organisation for nuclear fusion energy (Fusion For Energy, F4E), which oversees the construction of ITER, has signed a contract worth € 70 million with the British firm Amec Foster Wheeler. In the framework of this contract must be an automated system capable of independently or with the help of remote control to perform all types of maintenance, repair and replacement of parts of the so-called injector neutral beam Neutral Beam injectors).
