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The ITER bolometer cable installation template is a first plasma component which main function is to provide a temporary fixation of the mineral insulated cables and to protect them through first plasma operation inside the vacuum vessel until the final bolometer cameras are installed in the second assembly phase. In this paper, the final design of the cable installation template will be presented, the assembly procedures and important functional design details in order to be compliant with its interfaces, the vacuum vessel, the flux loops, the electrical services, the first plasma components and the assembly. Requirements that drive the design will be explained, along with the technical solutions chosen to fulfill them. Important sub-components will be presented in more detail, such as the boss fixation, which will compensate geometrical uncertainties of the as-built boss positioning, as well as the mineral insulated cable holder, which will prepare the electrical termination and facilitate the installation of final vacuum vessel cameras during the second assembly phase of ITER. Additionally, the step-by-step assembly plan agreed with the team of ITER machine assembly and tooling will be described. A custom developed boss welding tool will be described as well. The system load specifications applicable for this first plasma component will be presented as well and an overview of the structural integrity analysis report will be given. It will be shown that most loads on the component are very limited and there is no risk of structural failure or loss of relevant system functions. The paper concludes with a summary of the work and an overview of the procurement and delivery status to ITER.

The ITER bolometer diagnostic shall provide the measurement of the total radiation emitted from the plasma, a part of the overall energy balance. 550 lines-of-sight (LOS) will be installed in ITER observing the whole plasma from many different angles to enable reliable measurements and tomographic reconstructions of the spatially resolved radiation profile. The LOS are bundled in 71 individual cameras, which will be located behind blanket modules on the vacuum vessel wall, in five divertor cassettes, in two upper port plugs and in one equatorial port plug. For all major design issues solutions have been elaborated and will be presented. The design of collimators has been developed and tested on prototypes to provide an exact definition of the required viewing cones of about 1 • while reliably reducing reflections, stray light and microwave stray radiation. A 3D-shaped ceramic printed circuit board is proposed to hold the sensor, orient it as desired, and provide good thermal contact as well as the bridge for electrically connecting external signal cables to the meanders on the sensor. The design of the camera housing for vacuum vessel and divertor cameras has been optimised for improved management of the thermal heat flow, supported by tests defining material properties and verifying analysis. Additionally, methods have been developed to derive the main design parameters of cameras and decide if pinhole or collimator type is more advantageous. Recently, the system-level design phase started and uses the achieved results to define interfaces and designs for the specific locations in ITER, with a focus on the vacuum-vessel cameras to finalise the interface with blanket modules.

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