Making Our Fusion Reactor Better, day 10 of 320: today is the day… to setup a camera for time-lapse photography. Our work includes pulling out (and eventually re-installing!) a 50-ton particle beam, so there should be some cool action to record. ?
Making Our Fusion Reactor Better, day 9 of 320: the dynamics of large facilities are amazing. After planning this massive upgrade for two years, there sure seem to be a lot of people who don’t know what’s going on in the lab.
Making Our Fusion Reactor Better, day 8 of 320: construction in the control room means that our collaborator mascots had to be moved to the reception area. See that little monkey with the green shirt on the right? That’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory ?
Making Our Fusion Reactor Better
Update, November 9, 2018: the video above highlights some of the upgrade projects. This video was shot at about the halfway point of the 11-month schedule for all engineering upgrades. Our lab, the DIII-D National Fusion Facility, has ended its experimental campaign and entered into a nearly one year period of upgrade construction. This […]
Making our fusion reactor better, day 4 of 320: construction work requires taking out this platform that has cable trays running through it. All these cables are clearly labelled and ready for removal, right? ???
Making our fusion reactor better, day 3 of 320: where I go around the facility to make sure that these two racks can be removed from the machine hall. “Is this yours? Last call, it’s coming out!” ??