Making Our Fusion Reactor Better, day 206 of 320: ready to begin the concrete pour!

Making Our Fusion Reactor Better, day 198 of 320: beneath these tarps is both a fusion reactor and some welding/grinding in-progress.

Just walking through DesignerCon and checking out some art. 

Such a noble beast 🐶

Making Our Fusion Reactor Better, day 187 of 320: the construction equipment for the parking lot work outside the building is actually vibrating the conference room. Cancel today’s meetings?

Making Our Fusion Reactor Better, day 186 of 320: installation schedules going through the end of the project are now final. Now we just need to make sure there are no delays or bad luck 😅 

Making Our Fusion Reactor Better, day 179 of 320: we made a promotional video that highlights the engineering work of this upgrade. I’m really happy that the facility chose to emphasize the hardware work because that is such an important part of advancing fusion science.

I saw a murder of crows harassing a hawk and was able to grab a couple of decent photos. They actually drove it away… or did they?

Making Our Fusion Reactor Better, day 177 of 320: looking through an open port to see the center post of the tokamak. Some tiles have been removed from the center post, allowing us to see the magnetic probes beneath.

Making Our Fusion Reactor Better, day 169 of 320: welding continues with two crews working simultaneously. Whatever you do, do not watch that arc ⚡️