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brought to justice and convicted. It is remarkable that the ILL has no archive recording the accident. In particular I have not been able to find any photos, and can only show here a photo (Fig. 5.5) which appeared in the local press (Dauphiné Libéré) from my own archives. In 1992 a stand in the Furiani Stadium in Bastia collapsed bringing down spectators and causing many deaths. Again the stand was sitting on a tubular scaffolding assembly.
This accident led Chatoux to reorganize the project team. He noted a lack on the part of the industrial architect to monitor the works satisfactorily and he entrusted Reutler and Martin with special duties. Reutler was in charge of all aspects involving safety, with rights delegated directly from the project manager. Martin (see Fig. 1.8) was given the task of coordination with the industrial architect, again with full rights delegated from the head of the project. These engineers then worked full time on the construction site. After this there were no further problems. It is important to say that the roles of Reutler and Martin were essential to the success of the reactor construction.
5.2.2 Reactor Characteristics
The reactor was completed in the summer of 1971, and went criti- cal for the first time on 31 August that year, only 3 years after the start of work on the site. Full power operation was reached on 21 December 1971, less than 5 years after the creation of the ILL.
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