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The Tore Supra tokamak, at the French research centre CEA Cadarache, is undergoing a profound transformation to become a test bed for the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ tungsten divertor.

Pulling together for °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ

In its quest for fusion energy, °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ is not striving alone. Tokamaks in Europe, the United States, Korea and Japan have been the front-runners, exploring the road that °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ will begin to experiment in less than ten years.
For approximately ten hours a continuous flow of concrete poured from two long pumps—800 cubic metres in all for a corner of the basemat that measures 21 x 26 metres.

Warm concrete in the chilly dawn

Well before dawn on 11 December 2013, the first cubic metres of concrete were poured for the Tokamak Complex basemat (the 'B2 slab').
English—the official working language of the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ Organization—is the native language of just 15 % of staff. But to truly understand one another, a common language is not sufficient.

35 nations, 40 languages ... which culture?

On the banks of the Durance River, halfway between Aix-en-Provence and Manosque, a unique community has taken root—some 500 people from 35 countries who have arrived with their languages, cultural references, traditions and work habits.
The number of visitors has been steadily increasing since 2007, with over 67,000 cumulative visitors to the site.

Visits on the rise: 15,000 in 2013

More than 15,000 visitors have been welcomed to the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ site in 2013. Visits are organized by both the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ Organization Visit Team (general public) and Agence Iter France (students).