Speaker
Description
ITER is designed to be the world’s largest tokamak, aimed at demonstrating the feasibility of fusion as a large-scale, carbon-free energy source. The challenges in ITER's design and manufacturing arise not only from its scientific objectives but also from the collaborative effort of 40 countries and the project's long duration.
To address these challenges, the ITER Plant Control Design Handbook outlines the standards, specifications, and interfaces applicable to all ITER plant system instrumentation and control. In this framework, instrumentation and control systems are categorized by their input/output requirements into slow and fast systems. Slow systems are primarily implemented with PLCs, while fast systems utilize standards such as PXI/e, MTCA, and ATCA.
This talk will cover the current status of ITER fast controllers, with a particular focus on the role of MTCA within the project, as well as future plans for its use and standardization.
