With the successful installation of the sixth sector module of the vacuum vessel, two-thirds of the ITER plasma chamber is now positioned in the tokamak pit.
The lift operation lasted nearly 30 hours and required mobilizing more than 100 staff including crane operators, spotters, engineers, metrology experts, safety experts, and supervisors.
Each module is composed of a vacuum vessel sector, two toroidal field coils, thermal shields, and auxiliary components, with lifting equipment and stabilizing beams attached for the lift operation.
See the full article and video.