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A long journey for the last cold box
28 Jan 2019
Procured by India and manufactured by Linde Kryotechnik AG near Z眉rich, Switzerland, the last of the cold boxes needed for the ITER cryoplant has begun its long journey to the ITER site.
The 63-tonne component procured by the Indian Domestic Agency is on its way to Basel harbour, from the Linde Kryotechnik factory near Z眉rich.
On Friday, the 63.5-tonne component鈥攁 cryogenic termination cold box鈥攚as loaded onto a river barge at Basel and headed north for Strasbourg, France, where it arrived on Sunday evening. Sailing west, then south through a network of canals, the barge will eventually enter the Rh么ne river and reach Fos-sur-Mer harbour on 22 February after almost four weeks of navigation.
Sitting low in the barge, the cryogenic termination cold box will travel on the waterways of Europe for approximately four weeks to reach ITER.
The component, whose function is to interconnect three helium plant cold boxes, two 80 K loops and the cryolines connecting the cryoplant and the Tokamak Building, is expected at ITER on 26 February.
More on the ITER cryoplant here.