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LHC Shut Down By Transformer Malfunction

Posted by timothy on from the it's-only-broken-if-you-look dept.

Ortega-Starfire writes "A 30-ton transformer in the Large Hadron Collider malfunctioned, requiring complete replacement on the day the LHC came online. No one at CERN reported any problems, and they only released this data once the Associated Press sent people to investigate rumors of problems. I guess it's hard to just sweep a 30-ton transformer breaking under the rug."

3 of 293 comments (clear)

  1. Obligatory: by Fluffeh · · Score: 0, Redundant

    No, it's a trap!

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  2. Obligatory blackhole joke... by xaoslaad · · Score: 0, Redundant

    It wasn't swept under the rug, it was sucked into the blackhole!

  3. Oh hey by kjzk · · Score: 0, Redundant

    A black hole ate it.