CERN Releases Analysis of LHC Incident

sash writes "From the fresh press release: 'Investigations at CERN following a large helium leak into sector 3-4 of the Large Hadron Collider tunnel have confirmed that cause of the incident was a faulty electrical connection between two of the accelerator's magnets. This resulted in mechanical damage and release of helium from the magnet cold mass into the tunnel. Proper safety procedures were in force, the safety systems performed as expected, and no one was put at risk. Sufficient spare components are in hand to ensure that the LHC is able to restart in 2009, and measures to prevent a similar incident in the future are being put in place.'"

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Re:Too bad

[Anonymous Coward]

So this is a mostly paid for by U.S. taxpayers project that has been getting glorious coverage over here. I remember post modded up just basically bashing the U.S. and how the E.U. was ahead on this one. This is kind of a drop in the bucket in the amount of funding that is required.

Also a lot of military equiptment is subsidized to European countries, so they get a break by not having to spend heavily on military. Drop the weapons subsidizing and let them spend their own money on defense, the pandering would come drifting over when things are not subsidized.