29/01/2026
📘 Capturing ITER’s engineering journey
Several chapters of the first volume of the ITER Engineering Basis Handbook are now available – an important milestone in preserving the engineering memory of the world’s largest international fusion experiment in Cadarache, South of France.
Under the editorial lead of EUROfusion Programme Manager Gianfranco Federici and his Team, the handbook brings together ITER’s design principles, the underlying technical design basis and how they evolved from conception to construction over nearly four decades.
🔍 What makes this handbook special?
Explains what ITER looks like today – and why it was designed this way
Captures lessons learned, return of experience and know-how from ~80 experts
Supports knowledge transfer to future devices such as EU-DEMO and commercial fusion power plants
📑 The first chapters of Volume 1, are now online, with more chapters to come and a second volume to follow.
👉 https://euro-fusion.org/eurofusion-news/iter-engineering-basis-handbook/
💬 The handbook is conceived as a living document: readers are invited to share feedback and suggestions directly with the ITER library at [email protected]