Assembly in the test facility, acceptance and first test results of the ITER TF model coil

As a joint European effort an ITER Toroidal Field Model Coil (TFMC) was manufactured in industry and has been assembled in the TOSKA test facility of the Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe. After cool down and acceptance tests of the racetrack shaped coil made of a Nb/sub 3/Sn cable in conduit conductor the first test campaign started in July 2001 reaching the design current of 80 kA within one week. This paper describes the assembly in the test facility, summarizes the acceptance tests before and after cool down, and reports on the first test results.