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That "circular bit of road" is the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider, the second highest-powered particle accelerator on the planet. https://en.wikipedia.org/wik
by buildsjets 4mo ago
That "circular bit of road" is the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider, the second highest-powered particle accelerator on the planet.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relativistic_Heavy_Ion_Collider https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relativistic_Heavy_Ion_Collide...
- ErroneousBosh 4mo agoAwesome! I had a good nose about the LHC when I was there a few years ago. I'm guessing that site isn't quite so enthusiastic about visitors? The dump load for one of my wind turbines is a pair of 22Ω resistors recovered from one of CERN's "free for all" scrap piles :-)
- scheme271 4mo agoBrookhaven does classified research and access to the site is pretty restricted. The last time I visited there were guards with assault rifles at the gates. In comparison, Fermilab used to (and may still) let you walk onto the campus and wander about.
- buildsjets 4mo agoIt's a Department of Energy facility. The primary purpose of the DOE is to further the development of nuclear weapons.
- pfdietz 4mo ago"Was" It shut down earlier this year.