Westinghouse wins $180mn contract to assemble ITER experimental reactor

Westinghouse Electric Company has signed a contract worth 180 million US dollars with ITER Organization to carry out the final assembly of the vacuum vessel for the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER). This chamber, also called a torus, is a crucial component of the Tokamak reactor, a hermetically sealed double-walled circular steel structure designed to contain plasma during the fusion process. Westinghouse will be responsible for simultaneously welding the nine segments of this vessel, creating a unique circular assembly. This phase represents one of ITER’s most complex and critical project stages.