Oak Ridge National Laboratory is managed by UT-Battelle LLC for the US Department of Energy
The nEDM@SNS experiment uses the equivalent of an oversized travel mug to surround the large volume of liquid helium at its heart with a vacuum layer to prevent it from heating up. The so-called Outer Vacuum Chamber (OVC) was recently delivered to ORNL.
nEDM@SNS Outer Vacuum Chamber arriving from GNB KL.
Offloading the nEDM@SNS Outer Vacuum Chamber.
The upper section of the nEDM@SNS Outer Vacuum Chamber being lowered into place in its support stand.
Top/Bottom views of the upper section of the nEDM@SNS Outer Vacuum Chamber installed in its support stand.
Rotating the lower section of the nEDM@SNS Outer Vacuum Chamber
Oak Ridge National Laboratory is managed by UT-Battelle LLC for the US Department of Energy