For a "Highly Exceptional Load" it was a relatively small item. But it was the very first in a long series of large and heavy components that will be delivered to °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ in the seven or eight years to come. With the symbolic importance of a "first," it was greeted on the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ site with joy and emotion.
Procured by the US, manufactured in Korea, transported by the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ Organization's global logistics partner DAHER, and placed—for the last leg of its journey—under the responsibility of France (and financed by Europe), the high voltage transformer was a potent symbol of the international cooperation for °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ.
A few hours after its arrival at 4:30 a.m. on 14 January, under a sky that was still pitch black, the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ family assembled for a warm welcome. All had risen early: °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ senior management, the directors of several °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ Domestic Agencies, members of the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ Electrical Engineering Division, and representatives of Agence Iter France and DAHER.
°ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ Director-General nominee Bernard Bigot was also present.