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- Feb 10, 202390% CONFIDENCEfrom the source
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- Feb 10, 202385% CONFIDENCEfrom world-nuclear-news.org
Rosatom Delivers ITER's Last Poloidal Field Coil to the Cadarache Site
- Rosatom-supplied poloidal field coil PF1, the largest component Russia made for ITER, reached the ITER site at Cadarache on 10 February 2023, passing the gates around 4:15 a.m.[2][3]
- It left the Sredne-Nevsky Shipyard in St Petersburg on 1 November 2022 after nearly six years of fabrication, reached Marseille (the Fos-sur-Mer area) on 9 January 2023, and made the 105 km road trip a month later[2][3]
- PF1 is 9 m in diameter (200 tonnes per World Nuclear News, about 160 tonnes per ITER) and is the top of six poloidal field coils that with the toroidal field coils shape and suspend the plasma[2][3]
- The convoy took four nights instead of three, using a 288-wheel trailer and 70 Gendarmerie officers; it is one of 141 Highly Exceptional Loads since 2015[2]
- Its delivery completes all six poloidal field coils and means all seven ITER Members have delivered at least one major component; the supply agreement with Rosatom's Russian ITER agency dates from 2011[2][3]
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- [1]90%youtube.com/watch?v=svPkkKZTdXcyoutube.com· Posted Sep 22, 2026· Starts Feb 10, 2023 ✓· 50% of score
World Nuclear News[3] reported the Russian-built ITER[2] poloidal field coil arrived at the port of Fos-sur-Mer on 10 February 2023.
- [2]90%All ring-shaped magnets now home at ITERiter.org· Added Sep 22, 2026· 50% of score
ITER's own newsline: PF1 arrived at Marseille port in Jan 2023 and reached the site on 10 Feb 2023.
- [3]85%ITER: Russian poloidal field coil arrives at construction site - World Nuclear Newsworld-nuclear-news.org· Published Feb 13, 2023· Starts Feb 10, 2023· Ends Feb 10, 2023 ✓· 0% of score
World Nuclear News reports that the Rosatom-built poloidal field coil left St Petersburg on 1 November 2022 and arrived at the port of Fos-sur-Mer on 10 February 2023 before continuing by road to the ITER[2] site, matching the nine-meter magnet and Fos-sur-Mer seaport transfer shown in the FD Engineering Mega Transports documentary.
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