STATUS of NED Conductor Development

A. Devred^a), T. Boutboul^b) and L. Oberli^b)
a) CEA/Saclay, DSM/DAPNIA/SACM, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette CEDEX, France
^b) CERN, AT/MCS, CH-1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland
Corresponding author’s e-mail: arnaud.devred@iter.org

Abstract -This paper presents a brief review of the ongoing Nb3Sn conductor R&D carried out within the framework of the Next European Dipole (NED) activity and reports on the manufacture of the first prototype of the largest Nb3Sn Rutherford-type cable ever designed.

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Manuscript received August 6, 2007; accepted in final form August 20, 2007; reference No. ST5, Category 5