ITER Site Plan and Tokamak Buildings

Abstract

This paper describes the ITER Site Plan and Tokamak Buildings design completed duringthe Engineering Design Activity (EDA). The Site Plan evolved from the development ofthe ITER Site Requirements and Design Assumptions which is one of the EDAdeliverables. Additional features of the Site Plan were the result of building designs andthe routing of services for the operation of the tokamak and its support systems. The focalpoint of the Site Plan is a cluster of buildings referred to as the Tokamak Buildings. At thecenter of this cluster is a deeply embedded cylindrical pit that contains the tokamak in acryostat. The superstructure of the building is a large rectangular crane hall which is usedto assemble the tokamak and some of the attached support equipment. The Tokamak Pitand superstructure are supported by, and structurally integrated with, the Tritium Buildingon the east and the Electrical Termination Building on the west.