
When will the Large Hadron Collider be switched on again?
)The European Organisation for Nuclear Research recently said that the repairs would be completed by May or early June. Spokesman James Gillies said the organisation know as CERN is now estimating the restart will be at the end of June or later. "If we can do it sooner, all well and good. But I think we can do it realistically (in) early summer," he said.
The organisation has blamed the shutdown on the failure of a single, badly soldered electrical connection.
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As reported by a major mainstream news source. Due to the unreliability of announcements about when it will be fixed, the question will settle when the LHC is actually turned on again. No need for high energy collisions, just being switched on.
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Suspend date: Fri 2nd Oct 12:59am PDT (37 weeks to go)
Initial likelihoods: Before May 2009: 5%, May 2009: 10%, June 2009: 25%, July 2009: 25%, August 2009: 20%, September 2009: 10%, Not by 1 October 2009: 5%
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Suspend date: Fri 2nd Oct 12:59am PDT (37 weeks to go)
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