Design efforts have been made to develop the assembly procedure of the
Vacuum Vessel (VV) and the Blanket (BL) Back Plate (BP) of the Intern
ational Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor(TTER). This procedure must
mitigate accumulation of welding distortion of the thick wall structur
e, handle and assemble massive structures such as the BP within narrow
space and certain accuracy, and minimize assembly schedule. As a resu
lt, candidate procedures have been developed which rely on symmetric w
elding, limited rotation and reasonable schedule. Based on these proce
dures, the detail design of jigs and tools has been started.