An outing into the future
Open Doors days occur with scientific regularity at °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ (spring and autumn) and yet—due to the rapid evolution of work on site—each event offers something new. Saturday 20 May was no different: the 800 registered visitors were guided in groups of 50 across the Tokamak Building ground-level basemat—something that wouldn't have been possible just a few months ago. Under a perfectly blue Provencal sky, visitors were just a few arms' lengths from the installation arena of the world's most complex scientific instrument and the concrete wall that surrounds it.  Â
°ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ Open Doors days couldn't take place without their participation. In the end, °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ scientists and engineers return home as content as the day's visitors—happy to have shared their corner of the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ story and, for many, to have experienced how their daily work translates into an awesome steel and concrete reality.