Speaker
Description
This talk will present the status of WP16. It will begin with an overview of the budget and organisational aspects, which remain in line with expectations and represent less than 1% of the overall project cost, despite a reduced SF team. The current status of activities will then be reported: all equipment has been installed, connected, and passed quality control, with the exception of the cold masses Q2a and Q3. The readiness for operation will be described, including the organisation of activities, the definition of key roles, the agreement with Japan, completed safety analyses and risk mitigations, and the advanced state of controls and software. The talk will also review the schedule situation: until July 2025, activities were fully in line with the planning and aimed for cold powering by the end of the year, but the present non-conformity prevents the establishment of a new reliable schedule. Finally, the HL-LHC IT string leak issue will be presented, covering detection, root cause, side effects, localisation, and the ongoing repair studies, with the current preferred solution being an in situ repair with new bus bars in the NC line.