Abstract
The divertor area of ITER vacuum vessel consists of 54 modular cassettes which must be exchanged after every 3–4 years of plasma operations. Divertor Cassettes are locked in the vacuum vessel by means of compressing them against the rails mounted in the inner and outer walls of the vacuum vessel. According to ITER reference cassette locking system, a Divertor Cassette has to be preloaded with a compression force of 360 kN against the vacuum vessel rails. The preloading of the cassettes is carried out with a hydraulic jack tool which is fitted into the cassette body. The Jack will transmit a hydraulic force by pushing the cassette latches against the outer rails, transmitting therefore the required preloading compression force to the cassette. This paper deals with the validation of Divertor Cassette locking system and it also describes the design and testing of a radiation-hard, water hydraulic jack. The validation of Divertor Cassette locking system has been the first Divertor Maintenance operation tested at Divertor Test Platform 2.
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