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Update on Collaboration agreements and report from the Collaboration Board at the last Annual Meeting
The still unresolved COVID-19 pandemic, which defined the year 2020, has unsurprisingly had an impact on our collaborations. However, the impact appears to be contained to a few months, with delays that can be reabsorbed and are also partially mitigated by the decision taken after the 2019 C&SR to delay the start of LS3 by…
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Status of civil engineering works
In spite of the perturbation related to the COVID-19 pandemic, the civil engineering works is progressing well. Figure 1 shows the civil engineering status. At Point 1, the final lining of the underground structures is fully completed and the installation of metallic structures, concrete modules, separation walls and safe rooms in the cavern and in…
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Implementation of crystal collimation of heavy ion beams for Run3 in absence of 11 T dipoles
Following the recommendation of the C&SR 2019, crystal collimation was successfully integrated in the WP5 upgrade baseline as an in-kind item to mitigate schedule issues with the 11 T dipoles which have shown potential reliability issues for long-term operation in the accelerator. A detailed investigation program is currently underway to understand the root cause of…