CDF Decommissioning
May 13, 2013: The CDF central detector is moved from the collision hall to
the assembly pit.
June-August: Cables, electronics, and phototubes are removed from the
endwalls and plugs. Phototubes from CDF calorimeters and muon systems
as well as muon detector scintillators are being reused by experiments
at Fermilab and elsewhere.
August: South muon shilding wall being disassembled. The steel blocks
will be used for LBNE.
September 18: Removal of the COT drift chamber from the solenoid.
September-November: Disassembling the east and west torroids. These
steel blocks can also be used by LBNE.
Disassembly of the northwest CMX stand. The section being lifted by
the crane had previously set on the lower section to the right of the
photo. Note the bare endwall and empty solenoid in the photo as well.
Last modified: jdl 11/19/13