In a 5,000-square-metre workshop on site, the Indian Domestic Agency is assembling the sections of the cryostat-a huge vacuum containment vessel that is also the single largest component of the ITER machine.Ĭompletely surrounding the vacuum vessel and superconducting magnets, the 29 x 29 metre cryostat has two important roles to play-providing a vacuum environment to critical "cold" components (the magnets operating at 4.5 K and thermal shield operating at 80 K), and contributing structural reinforcement by supporting the mass of the machine and transferring horizontal and rotational forces to the radial walls. The cryostat is a vacuum-tight container that will completely surround the machine and provide an ultra-cool vacuum environment for the vacuum vessel and superconducting magnets.
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