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LHC to shut down for one year of repairs

Posted Mar 10th, 2010 at 11:53 AM and seen
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The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) will shut down for up to a year starting at the end of 2011 to address design flaws. The atom smashing machine only recently restarted after fourteen months of dormancy that followed an accident in September 2008. Without proper repairs, the machine won’t be able to handle the high-energy collisions CERN built it for. So, no fix-ie, no smash-ie.

Full story at BBC.

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 Annie Colbert

Comments (2)

Mar 10, 2010
Haggus said...
The BBC got it wrong. It's normal for colliders to shut down for a year or more for maintenance and such. Remember, these are high-tech toys, which like some high maintenance women I know, need a lot of servicing between uses.
Mar 17, 2010
Matt said...
Annie,
I couldn't agree more (especially since I'm working on it). And yes, I will go out with you.

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