CUORE-0: The First CUORE Tower

The CUORE experiment will search for neutrinoless double beta decay of 130Te using TeO2 bolometers arranged in 19 closely packed towers. Before construction of the full CUORE detector, the first CUORE tower, named CUORE-0, is planned to be installed in the cryostat that housed the recently completed CUORICINO experiment. The CUORE-0 experiment will test the detector assembly procedures developed for CUORE. It will also improve on the limit on the neutrinoless double beta decay half-life of 130Te set by CUORICINO. The status of CUORE-0 and expectations for its performance will be presented.