"Big Bang" collider repairs to cost up to $29 million

by SOLARLIFE | December 6, 2008 at 12:22 pm
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HELIUM leakage destroyed 59 magnets, expensive repair job

GENEVA (Reuters) - Repairing the giant particle collider built to simulate the "Big Bang" could cost up to 35 million Swiss francs ($29 million), the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) said on Friday.

Announcing a further delay to the Large Hadron Collider's resumption, now expected in summer, CERN spokesman James Gillies said repairs will cost 15 million Swiss francs, and spare parts would cost another 10-20 million Swiss francs.

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munty13

Well, for the moment, it gives me one less thing to worry about.

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SOLARLIFE

munty13...Well, for the moment, it gives me one less thing to worry about. Hopefully they want not to participate in bailout program, $29 million would be to less

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StandUpToRacism

Let's see, they used it ONE time and now it needs 29 mil in repairs??????

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