Making Our Fusion Reactor Better, day 51 of 320: today… my friends… is pizza party day! ?
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Making Our Fusion Reactor Better, day 50 of 320: touch-up welding on the newly installed duct that connects the new particle beam to the main chamber. About 5 MW of power passes through that duct, so let’s make sure it’s aligned properly ?
Making Our Fusion Reactor Better, day 47 of 320: patch panels provide a way to connect cables in the reactor pit to equipment located outside, i.e., they bring signals past the radiation shield. Today we remove some of these to make room for the new particle beam. ?? ??
Making Our Fusion Reactor Better, day 46 of 320: the laser tower MIT’s Laser Blow Off system at DIII-D. Diagnostic systems are getting a lot of love during the construction period.
He loves his new backyard! ? ?
Making Our Fusion Reactor Better, day 45 of 320: removing the final component of the old particle beam. The blue stand is what used to hold the beam in place.