At ITER more than 50 different diagnostics are under development for the tokamak. The diagnostic systems are designed to be integrated within the interspace and port cell support structures of 27 upper, equatorial and lower ports. Basic instrumentation and control (I&C) is required to monitor the temperatures at selected locations of the port plug and interface support structure and for the...
ITER is the world’s largest fusion device currently under construction in the South of France with over 50 diagnostic systems to be installed inside the port plugs (PPs), the interspace or the port cell region of various diagnostic ports. The Diagnostic First Wall (DFW) and Diagnostic Shielding Modules (DSM) are designed to protect front-end diagnostics from plasma neutron and radiation while...
A compact multi-energy soft x-ray (ME-SXR) camera has been developed for time, energy and space-resolved measurements of the soft-x-ray emissivity in magnetically confined fusion (MCF) plasmas. Multi-energy x-ray imaging provides a unique opportunity for measuring, simultaneously, a variety of important plasma properties ($T_{e}$, $n_{e}^{2}Z_{eff}$, $n_{Z}$, $\Delta Z_{eff}$ and...
First mirror (FM) is the key element of the optical and laser diagnostic systems in fusion devices such as ITER. Facing the plasma directly, it has to operate in an extremely harsh environment and suffer from the sputtering by high energy ions and charge exchange atoms, the impurity deposition due to wall conditioning and the sputtered wall materials etc [1,2], which results in the...
The reflectometry diagnostic may present several advantages from the point of view of radiation robustness and components life time as compared to some other traditionally used diagnostics in large fusion devices. From the hardware perspective it does not contain front end elements such as mirrors or sensors which are expected to underperform earlier than the antennas and waveguides when...
The ITER bolometer diagnostic will be based on 110 five-channel metal resistive sensors distributed all around the vessel [1]. In order for the diagnostic to meet its operational and programmatic goals, a mechanically stable and reliable electric connection is required. Spring loaded connection of the sensor or crimped wires to connect the external cables, as used in current day fusion...
