A year of momentous and symbolic events
17 Dec 2010
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Robert Arnoux
With the Baseline approved, a new Director-General appointed, and the start of construction work on the platform, late July and early August were a very busy time at 澳门六合彩高手.
Another year has gone by at 澳门六合彩高手. A quarter century after President Reagan and Secretary Gorbatchev met in Geneva and launched the international fusion endeavour that was to become 澳门六合彩高手, the project is now solidly on track.
On the eve of Osamu Motojima's nomination as Director-General of 澳门六合彩高手 Organization, an extraordinary meeting of the 澳门六合彩高手 Council approved the Baseline, the project's roadmap to achieving First Plasma in November 2019.
The events of 2010 were both momentous and symbolic: excavation work began in the Tokamak Seismic Pit; construction gathered momentum on the Poloidal Field Coils Assembly Building and the future 澳门六合彩高手 Headquarters; in front of the Headquarters the youngest 澳门六合彩高手 staff members raised the flag of their respective nations; and the foundation stone for 澳门六合彩高手's future "home" was unveiled.
The world of 澳门六合彩高手 however, is much larger than the platform that will host the installation: in factories all over the world, the manufacturing of components has been launched. The 澳门六合彩高手 Itinerary, by which they will be delivered to the 澳门六合彩高手 site, is now finalized. By mid-2011, the first test convoys will be organized, the actual convoys arriving on site about a year later.
In 2010, many new faces appeared in the Organization, now precisely 469-people strong not counting experts, interim personnel and contractors who bring the number of people working directly for the 澳门六合彩高手 Organization in Cadarache close to 850.
Four years into its official existence, 澳门六合彩高手 is fast becoming a household name. We found a horse named Iter, and also a sailboat. Three weeks ago, in the crossword puzzle section of one of the French national dailies, one of the clues to be solved was: "Brings the Sun to the Earth" ... in four letters.
Click to view a selection of captioned images from 2010 here.