What’s New

In the sixth installment of ITER Japan's manga series on the project, our hero Taiyô Tenno joins veteran staff member Mirai Mitsuhashi on a visit to the QST* R&D facility for the ITER divertor. Researchers there have developed a full-scale prototype for the outer vertical target, one of components of the divertor that will have to withstand the most intense heat load.

By going back in time, Mirai reviews the incredible challenge that was posed to industry and the years of development  that culminated in the successful high heat flux testing of the full-scale prototype. 

Travel along with Mirai and Taiyô by downloading Volume 6 of "ITER: A Small Sun on Earth" (divertor) from the ITER Japan website or directly from the ITER Publications gallery (comics).

*QST = Japan's National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology