INDUSTRIAL EXPERIENCE IN MANUFACTURING THE SUPERCONDUCTING CIC CONDUCTORS IN EU FOR THE ITER CS MODEL COIL

In the framework of the activities for the CS Model Coil of ITER, the European Union (EU) is in charge of providing 6.5t of bronze Nb3Sn strand, cabling for 798m of MCI and 396m of MC2 cables and final conductor manufacture (jacketing and compaction) for all the conductor lengths of the CS Model Coil, for a total of 5787m. The related industrial activities are in progress. This paper describes in some details the manufacturing experience gained in EU and the present status.