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IT String – Completion of installation of major components and start of interconnection works
The HL-LHC IT String installation is entering its final phase in the SM18 building at CERN. All major components are now in place, following a series of installation and validation activities executed by the end of 2024 and beginning of 2025. These tasks have been carried out on schedule, within scope and following extensive preparations…
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Prototype RFD cavity tests at TRIUMF: Status and progress with TCM0 and preparation for TCM1 activities
Major expenditures have been completed in time to spend the allocated funds and procure all components required for the cryostating activities of the 5 series RFD cryomodules. In February 2025, TRIUMF received a prototype RFD cavity (TCM0) from AUP after it had been tested at JLab with both warm and cold characterisations. The cavity passed…
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RF Dipole Cryomodule for SPS Tests (CERN & UK)
The RF dipole prototype cryomodule foreseen for tests with beam in the SPS tests was successfully repaired and commissioned in the SM18 facility at CERN in 2024. During the year-end technical stop (YETS) 2024-25, the cryomodule was installed in the SPS-LSS6 bypass dedicated to the crab cavity tests in the SPS. Immediately after the installation,…