Commissioning

Bringing a built machine to life, system by system, up to first plasma.

Commissioning tests each system cold, then integrates them — energising magnets, pumping down, checking interlocks — culminating in first plasma. It is the bridge between construction and operation on the path to build.

Commissioning bridges construction and operation, taking each system cold, then integrating them — energising magnets, pumping down, validating interlocks — up to first plasma. Each stage has entry and exit criteria and nothing advances until the prior stage passes, which is how a complex new machine is safely brought to life.