Development of ITER TF Coil in Japan.

Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA) started sub- and full-scale trials to qualify and optimize manufacturing procedure of ITER TF coil from March 2009 under the contract with Toshiba. As major outcome of these trials, feasibility of high accuracy of winding, prediction of the conductor elongation due to heat treatment and radial plate manufacture is confirmed. Therefore, JAEA can mostly establish manufacturing plan for the TF coil and then, start the first TF coil procurement from 2013, following to full demonstration through manufacturing a dummy double-pancake in 2012. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]