The ITER site
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The ITER 180-hectare site is located near Saint Paul-lez-Durance, southern France. Its main feature is a 42-hectare platform, one of the largest man-made levelled surfaces in the world. It measures 1 kilometre long by 400 metres wide, and its size could be compared to 60 soccer fields. There are 39 buildings, facilities and power supplies necessary for the operation of the biggest fusion machine on Earth.
1
Tokamak Building
2
Diagnostics Building
3
Tritium Building
4
Assembly Hall
5
Radiofrequency Building
6
Site Services Building
7
Cleaning Facility
8
Cryostat Workshop
9
Magnets workshop
10
Poloidal Field Coils Winding Facility
11
Cryoplant
12, 13
Magnet Power Conversion Buildings
14
400 kV Electrical Switchyard (ITER Organization)
15
400 kV Electrical Switchyard (RTE, Réseau de transport d’électricité, France)
16
Heat Removal Zone / Cooling Tower Zone
17
Control Buildings
18
Neutral beam injection power supply
19
Hot Cell Facility
20
Contractors Area
21
Contractors elevated parking lot
22
ITER Organization Headquarters
23
Tokamak Assembly Preparatory Building
