ITER Headquarters: Bay windows are already installed on two of the five storeys that face the ITER platform. Photo: Altivue/ITER Organization

Concrete plinths to support seismic bearings are under construction on one completed corner of the Seismic Pit basemat. Photo: Altivue/ITER Organization

The RTE (Réseau de Transport d'Electricité) switchyard covers four hectares to the south of the ITER platform. Photo: Altivue/ITER Organization

The storm basin and four cooling basins at the western side of the ITER site. Photo: Altivue/ITER Organization

The largest of ITER's poloidal field coils will be wound and assembled in this large facility. Photo: Altivue/ITER Organization

Looking north toward Vinon over the Tokamak Seismic Isolation Pit and part of the ITER Headquarters building. Photo: Altivue/ITER Organization

A general view of the ITER platform looking northwest toward Manosque. Photo: Altivue/ITER Organization

A general view of the ITER platform looking south-west toward Saint-Paul-lez-Durance. Photo: Altivue/ITER Organization

Cladding operations are nearly finished on the Poloidal Field Coils Winding Facility. Photo: Altivue/ITER Organization

The six-level ITER Headquarters building (five stories and a basement level) looking south toward the Pont de Mirabeau. Photo: Altivue/ITER Organization

Work on the Seismic Pit basemat continues in September 2011. Photo: Altivue/ITER Organization

A general view of the 42-hectare ITER platform, looking south toward Aix-en-Provence. Photo: Altivue/ITER Organization

A closer view of the ITER platform looking southwest toward Saint-Paul-lez-Durance. Photo: Altivue/ITER Organization

A wooded area has been preserved at the entrance of the future ITER Organization Headquarters. The Site Access Control Building, with its distinctive architecture, is in the foreground. Photo: Altivue/ITER Organization