Joseph Paris is currently installing the polar bridge at the heart of the Jules Horowitz reactor at the CEA research centre in Cadarache.

Designed and built in collaboration with SPRETEC at the JOSEPH PARIS workshops in Nantes, this lifting equipment is located under the dome of the reactor building and rests on a circular metal crane runway. Weighing 240 tonnes, it can handle heavy loads of up to 36 tonnes.

The structure required an exceptional level of control for its 21 km of welding. 12 exceptional convoys were needed to transport it to the CEA site...