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Old 09-09-2008, 09:17 AM   #28
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Originally Posted by Morrigoon View Post
I thought I read somewhere that it was going to take months to reach full power. But that article you linked says the first protons are being injected on Wednesday, so hmm...
They powered it up and did small scale test runs (no collisions) a month ago. Tomorrow they're going to inject proton beams and have them do full circuits of the tunnel for the first time, still no collisions. The actual first collisions won't be until late October.

So good news, another excuse to party on October!
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