A warm welcome for the first heavy load
The journey had begun some 9,000 kilometres from the ITER site in the port city of Ulsan, Korea. The load had travelled by container ship, barge, trailer, and there it was: a large box of dull-grey steel, 20 metres long, 3.35 metres wide, 5 metres high and weighing close to 90 tonnes.
"I want to thank you all for your contribution to today's operation," said the ITER Director-General Osamu Motojima. "ITER success depends on all of you who designed, procured, manufactured and safely transported and delivered this component."