Stories
Slash Boxes
Comments
typodupeerror delete not in
  • Preferences

Comments: 1 +-   LHC offline until April 2009 (or longer) on Wednesday September 24 2008, @01:39AM rufey

Submitted by rufey on Wednesday September 24 2008, @01:39AM
power
rufey writes "The recent problems at the Large Hadron Collider will now keep it idle until spring 2009. The official press release is here. The LHC went offline due to a suspected failure in a superconducting connection, which overheated and caused around 100 of the LHC's super-cooled magnets to heat up by as much as 100 degrees. This resulted in the accidental release of a ton of liquid helium. The process required to repair the failed superconducting connection involves weeks of warming up the affected area from -456 degrees Fahrenheit to room temperature, and then several more weeks to cool it back down after the repair is made. The total amount of time to do this will spill over into CERN's scheduled winter maintenance/shutdown period, which is partly done to save money on electricity during the period of peak demand."
submission
This discussion was created for logged-in users only, but now has been archived. No new comments can be posted.
The Fine Print: The following comments are owned by whoever posted them. We are not responsible for them in any way.

LHC offline until April 2009 (or longer) 1 Comment More /

 Full
 Abbreviated
 Hidden
More
Loading... please wait.
  • Darn, this is a real shame, it would have been nice to already see results in october. I hope they'll use this shutdown time to make sure it will work perfectly in April.
Search
They also serve who only stand and wait. -- John Milton

All trademarks and copyrights on this page are owned by their respective owners. Comments are owned by the Poster. The Rest © 1997-2009 Geeknet, Inc.