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First component installed next week
12 Nov 2018
In the third week of November, the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ Organization will be installing the first component of the machine in the basement of the Tokamak Building.
The 10-metre, 6-tonne metal component is one segment of the magnet feeder that will relay electrical power, cryogenic fluids and instrumentation cables from outside of the machine in to poloidal field coil #4. The specific section to be installed, called a "feedthrough," will cross through the bioshield and cryostat at the lowest (B2) level of the building.
Delivered by the Chinese Domestic Agency to °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ last year, the component has undergone testing at the MIFI workshop (Magnet Infrastructure Facilities for °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ), which is operated jointly by a team from °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ and the French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA).
Most recently, the lifting operation was tested at MIFI using a specially designed tool delivered by the Korean Domestic Agency (picture). Next week the component will be transferred by truck to a staging area, and then lifted up into the circular assembly area and lowered down 30 metres to the floor.
Stay tuned for a report in the 26 November issue of the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ Newsline on the first act of the machine installation phase.