Uppsala University is upgrading its FREIA Laboratory, initially constructed for the ESS project, to test superconducting magnets and crab cavities for the HL-LHC

The construction of an underground cavern at Point 1, which will house equipment for the High-Luminosity LHC, has been successfully completed

35 niobium–tin superconducting coils have been manufactured as part of a fruitful collaboration with the company General Electric. They will be used in the 11 T dipoles for the HL-LHC

A memorandum of understanding (MoU) between CERN and Fermilab, signed on 23 March, details Fermilab’s contributions to the High-Luminosity LHC project

The schedule for the current long shutdown (LS2) has had to be modified due to the COVID-19 pandemic

At LHC Point 4, a refrigerator that cools helium from room temperature to 4.5 K (-268.65 °C) has undergone major improvements in preparation for the HL-LHC

A new beam absorber, developed for high luminosity, has been installed in the LHC

Oliver Brüning takes over from Lucio Rossi at the helm of the HL-LHC project as of 1 July

A superconducting electrical transmission line developed for the High-Luminosity LHC has set a new intensity record

Novel cryostat units have been installed for the High-Luminosity LHC to allow insertion of room-temperature collimators in the LHC’s 1.9 K cryostats

On 14 January, the Directors gave their traditional review of the year gone by to a packed CERN Main Auditorium

The underground structures of the High-Luminosity LHC have been connected to the LHC tunnel