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Boost To Make In India: L&T Builds Final Assembly Of Cryostat For $20 Billion Global Nuclear Fusion Project

Swarajya StaffJul 01, 2020, 11:29 AM | Updated 11:29 AM IST
L&T Logo (Pic Via Wikimedia)

L&T Logo (Pic Via Wikimedia)


In a remarkable feat, Indian engineering and construction giant Larsen & Toubro (L&T) completed the building of state-of-the-art cryostat for a $20 billion global nuclear fusion project which is presently being built in France, reports Financial Express.

The feat marks a milestone moment for the 'Make in India' as well. The final assembly or top lid sectors of the cryostat were built at the L&T's manufacturing complex at Hazira in Gujarat's Surat district and was finally dispatched to France yesterday (30 June).

L&T had been awarded the contract to build and install the cryostat made of whopping 3,850 tonnes of steel back in 2012. The cryostat is the largest stainless-steel high-vacuum pressure chamber anywhere in the world.


The 650-tonne heavy cryostat assembly will be installed with other cryostat segments for ITER (International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor) in a reactor pit in southern France.

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