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In 2014, the Russian Federation and the ITER International Organization signed two Procurement Arrangements (PAs) for ITER blanket components: 1.6.P1ARF.01 “Blanket First Wall” of February 14, 2014, and 1.6.P3.RF.01 “Blanket Module Connections” of December 19, 2014. The first PA stipulates development, manufacture, testing, and delivery to the ITER site of 179 Enhanced Heat Flux (EHF) First Wall (FW) Panels intended for withstanding the heat flux from the plasma up to 4.7MW/m2. Two Russian institutions, NIIEFA (Efremov Institute) and NIKIET, are responsible for the implementation of this PA. NIIEFA manufactures plasma-facing components (PFCs) of the EHF FW panels and performs the final assembly and testing of the panels, and NIKIET manufactures FW beam structures, load-bearing structures of PFCs, and all elements of the panel attachment system. As for the second PA, NIKIET is the sole official supplier of flexible blanket supports, electrical insulation key pads (EIKPs), and blanket module/vacuum vessel electrical connectors. Joint activities of NIKIET and NIIEFA for implementing PA 1.6.P1ARF.01 are briefly described, and information on implementation of PA 1.6.P3.RF.01 is given. Results of the engineering design and research efforts in the scope of the above PAs in 2015–2016 are reported, and results of developing the technology for manufacturing ITER blanket components are presented.
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Original Russian Text © A.Yu. Leshukov, Yu.S. Strebkov, M.N. Sviridenko, V.M. Safronov, A.B. Putrik, 2016, published in Voprosy Atomnoi Nauki i Tekhniki, Seriya: Termoyadernyi Sintez, 2016, Vol. 39, No. 4, pp. 13–26.
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Leshukov, A.Y., Strebkov, Y.S., Sviridenko, M.N. et al. Design, Manufacture, and Experimental Serviceability Validation of ITER Blanket Components. Phys. Atom. Nuclei 80, 1249–1260 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063778817070092
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