Nuclear engineering expertise for the Port Plug Test Facility (PPTF)

The aim of the Port Plug Test Facility is to reduce the risk of a Port Plug failure during the ITER machine operation. The PPTF provides the capability to test the Upper and Equatorial Port Plugs before installation on the machine and after refurbishment in the hot cell facility (HC) of ITER, which is INB 174. The port plugs to be tested are the ion cyclotron heating system equatorial port plugs, electron cyclotron heating system equatorial and upper port plugs, diagnostics equatorial and upper port plugs, and test blanket modules. The scope of this contract is the updating of the PPTF documentation, in particular for the nuclear test stands, which are PIC (Protection Important Components). These activities are PIA (Protection Important Activity) and are submitted to surveillance by the IO.