At a glance 2020 JANUARY
construction-focused management and organizational structure • New in place Heads of Domain named (Corporate, Engineering, Science & • Four Operation, Construction)
MARCH
• Full crane path validated under load; assembly theatre officially ready • The ITER Organization implements Covid-19 safety measures titre,” by American sculptor Christine Corday, is integrated into • “Sans the Tokamak Building MAY
machine component – the cryostat base – installed in the • First Tokamak pit Albert II of Monaco meets the Monaco-ITER Postdoctoral • Prince Fellows (remotely) • Covid solidarity: masks delivered by ITER Members China and Korea
JUNE
• 26th ITER Council Meeting (remote) JULY
start-of-assembly ceremony hosted by French President • Virtual Emmanuel Macron
SEPTEMBER
• EUROfusion joins efforts at the ITER Neutral Beam Test Facility OCTOBER
“New Normal” confirmed: new balance between ‘’brick-and-mortar’’ • ITER and ‘’digital’’ workplaces Agreement signed with Canada on transfer of • Cooperation Canadian-supplied nuclear material (tritium)
NOVEMBER
• 27th ITER Council Meeting (remote) Management Institute names ITER “one of world’s Most • Project Influential Projects” DECEMBER
• ITER Organization 2020 Achievement Awards • 58 ITER Council milestones achieved since 2016 (14 in 2020) • A new group of Monaco Fellows arrives at ITER
Ten years after the start of building construction on the ITER worksite, the first machine component is lowered into place in the Tokamak pit. With the spectacular installation of the 1,250-tonne cryostat base, a new chapter in ITER history begins.
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