Presentation of the ITER Itinerary Measurement & Test Campaign

Pierre-Marie DELPLANQUE Director of the ITER Transportation & Itinerary Coordination Group (ITICG) – ITER France

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Berre l’Etang > Cadarache (104 kilometres, 16 towns)

41 towns concerned by detours (4 departments)

12 network operators (department councils, ASF, ESCOTA, SNCF, EDF)

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Ensured by the State (ITER/DREAL mission)

Co-funded by the State & Bouches-

du-Rhone Departmental Council (€112 million)

- Reconstruction or consolidation of 26 bridges

- Displacement of networks (EDF, GDF, pipelines, FT, etc.)

- Changes to road equipment (signs, traffic islands, lamp posts, etc.)

- 19 roundabouts adapted for the itinerary

- 4 motorway crossings

- 1 railway level crossing adapted (PN 100)

- 35 km of roads widened or adapted and 10 km of temporary tracks

- Construction of an unloading dock

- Trees lopped, cut down or planted

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Authorities involved:

Prefectural authorities and State services

Local councillors from the towns through which the itinerary passes and concerned by the traffic detours

Road operators (Bouches du Rhone Departmental Council, ASF, ESCOTA, SNCF), LyondellBasell, Marseille port authority

French Gendarmerie (military police)

ITER Organization (IO) and Fusion for Energy (F4E)

DAHER transport company

CETE Méditerrannée (Technical study and engineering laboratory)

Regional road coordination and information centre (CRICR)

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ITER Transportation & Itinerary Coordination Group (ITICG) Created by a ministerial order dated 22 February 2011:

- Utilities, maintenance, durability and monitoring of the itinerary => Contracts

- Interfaces with the road and network operators => Agreements

- Monitoring of urban planning and works authorisations => Agreements,

declarations prior to commencing works (DICT)

- Safety and security actions performed by the State services => Agreement

with the Gendarmerie, CRICR operational control station for the itinerary

- Communication actions

Contact point for all players

concerned by the operation of the ITER itinerary

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Managing the itinerary

• Complex management due to the large number of authorities

• Requirement to limit the traffic constraints:

• Transport operations at night (Berre-to-Cadarache direction)

• Itinerary divided into sections (26)

• Replacement itineraries and by-passes

• Faster transport conditions (works, suitable equipment, optimised removal and reinstallation times for road signs, etc.)

• Convoy escorts ensured by the Gendarmerie

• Operating file and agreements with network operators

• Real-time monitoring from the CRICR control station.

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BACK-UP ITINERARIES

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SCHEDULE

• 2013

- 12-20 September: measurement and test campaign along the ITER itinerary

- October: analysis of results and integration of feedback

- By late 2013: final rehearsal to validate the general timing and organisation in place

• 2014

First real convoys (20 t < US component s < 100 t)

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Components transported along the ITER itinerary (from 2014 to 2020) About 230 components of differing sizes manufactured in the seven

member countries and shipped to the Marseille-Fos port No hazardous materials

Mass of components ranging between 6 and 600 tonnes

Maximum dimensions of components: Height: 9.10 m - Width: 9 m - Length: 19 m (47 m) Variety of components Definition of 6 types of convoys travelling at

night (1 to 3 nights) between 2014 and 2020

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9 stainless steel sectors of the vacuum vessel

Weight: 544 tonnes

Width: 8.50 m

Length: 14.10 m

Height: 7.45 m

About thirty XXL components

ITER CONVOYS 10.6 metres high – 61 metres long – 9 metres wide – 900 tonnes

19 stainless steel superconducting coils

Weight: 530 tonnes

Width: 8.50 m

Length: 17.30 m

Height: 9.10 m

ITER CONVOYS 10.6 metres high – 61 metres long – 9 metres wide – 900 tonnes

Checking 33 engineered structures along the ITER itinerary (104 km) in 4 nights 16 to 20 September 2013

MEASUREMENT & TEST CAMPAIGN

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Remorque autopropulsée Daher :

Self-propelled trailer belonging to the DAHER company comprising 88 axles in 22 lines of 4 rows.

i.e. 352 tyres

Mock-up comprising 360 concrete blocks and a metal framework

Characteristics of trailer + mock-up: Mass = 775 t, H = 10.60 m, L = 33 m, W = 9 m

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Aim of the measurement campaign performed by CETE Méditerranée and covering 19 long-span engineered structures using sensors and instruments: validate the sagging tolerance of structures and design margins

Crossing over each structure three times Closure of roads section by section to conduct the

measurements with the implementation of 15 detours (193 km in total) and a number of by-pass itineraries (involvement of Gendarmerie teams).

Théodolite (sensor) Long-span bridge

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Example: traffic detour

Examples of by-pass itineraries

https://twitter.com/CRICRMEDITERRAN • Information in real time on

• Thanks to community involvement: detailed information via municipal bulletins and websites. Two public viewing areas (Berre l’Etang and Peyrolles-en-Provence).

• Press conference: 10 September

• Public meetings (at Pélissanne and La Fare-les-Oliviers)

• Special issue of La Provence newspaper: 13 September

INFORMING THE PUBLIC

• Radio 107.7 and local radio stations

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Brochure describing the 193 kilometres of detours, section by section

Published on the ITER France website: www.itercadarache.org Sent to anyone having requested a copy

Available in town halls

INFORMING THE PUBLIC

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