The tokamak building has been completed at the €20bn International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (Iter) project under construction in France.
Fusion for Energy (F4E), the organisation administering Europe’s contribution, said this means cranes can now access the central pit to install heavy components and the assembly phase of Iter’s fusion plant can begin.
The 60m high building will be home to the Iter device, which will weigh in the range of 23,000 tonnes, about three times the weight of the Eiffel Tower.
Fusion for Energy (F4E), the organisation administering Europe’s contribution, said this means cranes can now access the central pit to install heavy components and the assembly phase of Iter’s fusion plant can begin.
The 60m high building will be home to the Iter device, which will weigh in the range of 23,000 tonnes, about three times the weight of the Eiffel Tower.
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