ITER relevant outgassing and leakage from different types of in-vessel cabling

On ITER the electrical connections to most in-vessel diagnostics, in particular the magnetic diagnostics, will require cables to be routed through the main vacuum vessel. The total in-vessel cabling requirement is predicted to be of order 80 km. Due to the large quantity of cabling, the JET experience shows that the cabling has the potential to cause issues for the ITER vacuum and hence operability. Findings are presented from extensive tests to assess experimentally the outgassing of different types of mineral insulated cable, in damaged, undamaged and deliberately perforated conditions. Experience with using metal braided fibre insulated cable which has been used in-vessel on JET is given. Key points are concluded for the necessary manufacturing and installation techniques required for in-vessel cable to be used successfully on ITER. (C) 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.