DESIGN AND MANUFACTURE OF THE US-ITER PRE PROTOTYPE JOINT SAMPLE

The US-ITER pre prototype joint sample which has been fabricated at th e MIT Plasma Fusion Center is the first attempt to fabricate an optimi zed full size joint which can be stably operated in ITER required AC b ackground fields at reduced coupling losses. This paper presents an ov erview of the joint's construction and fabrication, highlighting some of the procedural steps that have since been incorporated into fabrica tion of current terminations for the inner module ITER central solenoi d (CS) model coil.