The UK firm MG Sanders is developing tungsten tile modules that will soon be installed in the Joint European Torus, where the components will be evaluated for use in the ITER fusion reactor. Ian Warrington explains the challenges of developing a complex technology that can withstand the intense heat of nuclear fusion.
Tritium–deuterium plasma puts the heat on ITER’s first wall
12 Sep 2008
Ian Warrington is contract project manager for MG Sanders in Staffordshire, UK