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77 Tonnes of ATLAS Shielding on the Move

Ongoing upgrades on the road to HiLumi (Image: Kai Struik/CERN) 77 Tonnes of ATLAS Shielding on the Move 28 July 2026 On 22 July, CERN teams successfully completed the first major transport operation of LS3. A 77-tonne shielding component, known as the JFSU, was moved from the surface hall above the ATLAS experiment to Building 191 on CERN’s main site. The JFSU is a massive metal structure that…

home.cern ·2026-08-14

77 Tonnes of ATLAS Shielding on the Move

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