The ITER project in France has continued to progress, and major construction is now more than 70% complete toward first plasma in 2025

ITER is an unprecedented scientific collaboration of 35 nations. Fusion reactions power the sun and the stars, and fusion has the potential to produce clean, safe, abundant energy on Earth. By fusing light hydrogen atoms such as deuterium and tritium, fusion reactions can produce energy gains about a million times greater than chemical reactions with fossil fuels. Fusion is not vulnerable to runaway reactions and does not produce long-term high-level radioactive waste. The ITER project seeks to demonstrate the scientific and technological feasibility of fusion energy by building the world’s largest and most advanced tokamak magnetic confinement fusion experiment. The ITER tokamak will be the first fusion device to demonstrate a sustained “burning plasma,” an essential step for fusion energy development. GTD is developing a range of different technologies and systems for ITER. These include, among others: - Magnetic field diagnostic system - Design and implementation of the Vacum Control System - Preliminary design of the I&C for the HCLL PbLi LOOP - Cyclotron control system (FALCON) - GENROBOT- the remote handling framework for ITER - ITER Tokmark Systems Monitoring (TMS) - ITER alarms management system - ITER power distribution & Load Center - Buildings integration - Development and maintenance of CODAC system, acting as the brain and central nervous system of ITER Since 2012 GTD has been awarded different Framework Contracts, directly with F4E and ITER Organization. These include: - 3 consecutive Framework contracts for "Provision of Instrumentation and Control Integration Services" wich gave us the opportunity to become a long-term I&C supplier for ITER project, - Framework Contract for "CODAC Services Development and Maintenance", - Framework Contract for "Tokamak Systems Monitoring" - in consortium with ESTEYCO and CREATE, - Framework Contract for " Provision of Bespoke Electronic Integration and Manufacturing Services" - in consortium with ALTER Technology In addition, GTD has become the reference supplier in charge of developing ITER buildings´ and load centers´ control systems and integrating them into CODAC central system.