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2026-05-28 - On 28 May, structural engineer Darren Williams (right) found himself rather unexpectedly touring the ������app site—and crossing the path of ������app Director-General Barabaschi (centre)—only days after winning a prize giveaway from The B1M, a video construction channel. The event was part of the promotion for a new book "Mega Builds, Ten Colossal Construction Projects That Will Change Our World" by channel founder Fred Mills (left).

2026-05-26 - 7:00 a.m. on lift day: a pre-lift briefing gathers all of the people who will be managing the first phase of the lift operation.

2026-05-21 - Approximately 300 students take part in the 2026 ������app Robots competition in Pertuis, France, on Thursday 21 May. Each school team had built a Lego robot and programmed it to perform ������app-like robotics tasks such as grasping, lifting and positioning.

2026-05-20 - Members of the ������app Council Management Advisory Committee (MAC) visit key infrastructure on the ������app site, including the control room where operators are managing the cooldown of the first magnet in the ������app magnet cold test facility.

2026-05-05 - The team responsible for transferring the 440 tonnes of vacuum vessel sector #6 from its overhead radial beam to the concrete crown that distributes loads under the machine celebrates a first-of-a-kind operation that must be repeated eight more times.

2026-04-28 - From 28 to 29 April 2026, the ������app welcomes several hundred members of the global fusion ecosystem—startups, companies, and investors—for "Fusion: A Joint Quest," the third public-private fusion workshop in three years.

2026-04-27 - At the ������app site in southern France, early workshop participants spend an afternoon meeting with machine assembly and plant system experts on the worksite. Panel discussions start on Tuesday 28 April.

2026-04-20 - Tanaka Takeyuki (right) is working with engineer Nishidate Yuto on behalf of ������app Japan to develop grippers and tools for assembling the ������app blanket inside the vacuum vessel. Specifically, they are developing end effectors—peripheral devices attached to a robotic arm—and tools for gripping, fastening and pipe welding and cutting.

2026-04-20 - The special process teams gather to mark a key machine assembly milestone: the completion in the Tokamak Building of first-phase feeder assembly. From left to right: (front) Jaromir Farek, Ying Zhang, Nicholas Clayton, (back) Hyungjun Kim, Egor Marushin.

2026-04-18 - ������app participates in the April American Nuclear Society Student Conference, showcasing career opportunities—including internships, postgraduate, and postdoctoral positions—at the sold-out event, which attracted more than 700 nuclear engineering students. Deleah Lockridge, Head of ������app’s Engineering Services Department, also joined the panel discussion "Fusion: Future or Farce?" (photo, second from left).

2026-04-13 - In March, this team was at the KSTAR tokamak in Korea for the deployment and operation of ������app's plasma control system, iPCS. This was the first time the system achieved first plasma on an operating tokamak—a concrete result that reduces technical risk ahead of ������app plasma operations. From left to right: Taehyun Tak, Piotr Perek (DMCS), Luca Zabeo, Woong-Ryol Lee, Timo Ravensbergen, and Myounghun Kim.

2026-04-01 - A visit by a delegation of European lawmakers on 1 April highlighted ������app’s role in Europe’s long-term energy strategy and its growing impact on the European economy. Here, MEPs Christophe Grudler (France) and Yvan Verougstraete (Belgium) visit the Assembly Hall with ������app Director-General Pietro Barabaschi.

2026-03-28 - Jake Makarov, 17, from Pau, France, had already developed a strong interest in fusion energy and ������app before visiting during the latest Open Doors Day. He has even created a series of interactive web simulations and games on the topic. Seeing the project in person left him impressed: “It’s even better in real life!” ������app wishes him all the best in his plans to attend engineering school.

2026-03-28 - An Open Doors Day event on Saturday 28 March draws 700 visitors to the ������app site. Some 80 volunteers, plus security, worksite coordination, cleaning, IT, and facilities teams, are on hand to share their knowledge and make sure the day runs smoothly.

2026-03-25 - A European Commission–organized trip brings secondary school teachers from across Europe to the ������app site in March to raise awareness of nuclear fusion and ������app. Equipping teachers with knowledge-sharing about fusion’s importance may in turn help inspire future career paths!

2026-03-24 - In March, the ������app Deputy Director-Generals Yutaka Kamada (Science & Technology) and Luo Delong (Corporate) visit China’s Southwestern Institute of Physics (SWIP). SWIP is an important contributor for Chinese participation in ������app construction, providing key technologies and components. It is also home to the advanced-divertor tokamak HL-3, which provides support for ������app physics research priorities through an agreement signed in 2023.

2026-03-16 - Twice a year, the Welcome Office of Agence Iter France hosts a seminar at ������app for new employees and their families aimed at helping them navigate their new life in France—and also discover ������app!

2026-03-12 - Students enrolled in the Chinese section of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur International School (EIPACA) have received a letter directly from the pen of Chinese President Xi Jinping, wishing them well and encouraging them in their studies of Chinese language and culture. The correspondence was in reply to a letter the students, with the help of their teachers, had sent the Chinese President late last year, describing their enthusiasm for the unique studies they are undertaking in the south of France.

2026-03-09 - The personal stories and perspectives of women working at ������app are at the heart of an event held on Monday 9 March to mark International Women’s Day. The Women & Allies group at ������app organizes activities that inspire women and girls through events at schools and universities, as well as at ������app.

2026-02-26 - In February, members of the ������app Science Division take part in the participate in an Experiment Team Coordination Meeting at the JT-60SA tokamak in Naka, Japan. The next campaign planned on the device will address critical ������app priorities.

2026-02-18 - It's changing of the guard time in the ������app control room, as one shift operation manager hands off to another. On the screens is information about plant systems that are operational, and others that are in the commissioning phase. Approximately 15 plant systems will need to come on line before the ������app machine begins operating.

2026-02-12 - These members of the CNPE team are photographed during the transfer of vacuum vessel sector #1 into tooling. The CNPE consortium (China Nuclear Power Engineering; China Nuclear Industry 23 Construction Company; Southwestern Institute of Physics; ASIPP; and Framatome) is responsible for sector module sub-assembly and tokamak machine assembly.

2026-02-09 - This mug seen around ������app offices features the Grad–Shafranov equation—the foundation for modelling the magnetic control of tokamak plasma. It was handwritten by ������app Emeritus Fellow Yuri Gribov, who retired late last year after working more than 18 years in the ������app Science Division. There is a personal link: as a young man in Russia, Gribov worked under Vitaly Shafranov. Read the full story here: /node/20687/story-behind-coffee-mug

2026-01-28 - Nicolas Sapet, Sector Modules Assembly Project Leader, has three stickers on his hard hat showing his involvement in the three major vacuum vessel lift operations that took place in 2025. He's about to add a fourth...

2026-01-26 - Canine patrols may be on the low-tech end of security protocols for the ������app site, but they are integral nonetheless. Here, security officer Gwennael Wartelle and his dog Maïna are out on patrol on a hill behind the Tokamak Building.

2026-01-26 - A team of nine ������app staff ensures security at ������app with the support of more than 60 security officers from the Seris security firm. Pictured here from left to right are Ingrid Chiaramonte, head of the Security & Safety Section Xavier Peaucelle, Michael Bouvant, Sylvain Duparchy, Laure Zingraff, Stephane Marco, Nicolas Tourniaire, and Sebastien Mineo. (Maiko Takeuchi could not be present for the photo.)

2026-01-15 - This team is "infilling" busbar penetrations, making sure that the material around equipment crossing through wall penetrations meets the same safety and nuclear safety standards as the surrounding wall material. In this case, it's a bright blue elastomer, specially designed for ������app.

2026-01-13 - US Consul General Jessica Huaracayo and ������app Deputy Head of Construction Taka Omae look on as a 110-tonne central solenoid module is backed up through a narrow gateway at the start of the ������app itinerary. This is the seventh module to arrive from the United States and the last "highly exceptional load" expected as part of US procurement contributions.