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Short Circuit In LHC Could Delay Restart By Weeks
hypnosec writes: On March 21 CERN detected an intermittent short circuit to ground in one of the LHC's magnet circuits. Repairs could delay the restart by anywhere between a few days and several weeks. CERN revealed that the short circuit affected one of LHC's powerful electromagnets, thereby delaying preparations in sector 4-5 of the machine. They confirmed that seven of the machine's eight sectors have been successfully commissioned to 6.5 TeV per beam, but they won't be circulating a beam in the LHC this week. Though the short circuit issue is well understood, resolving it will take time, since it's in a cold section of the machine and repairs may therefore require warming and re-cooling.
That's how many weeks we have more to live before being crunched in a black hole.
Slashdot, fix the reply notifications... You won't get away with it...
I'm not sure. What Anomalous Materials are actually involved here, and are they delivered On A Rail for Residue Processing? I mean if not, that would be fairly Questionable, Ethics-wise.
My, look at the time. BRB fixing the Lambda Core.
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Now if only someone could create a combination crowbar and towel. Keep one of those on you, and you'll be set for anything.