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Article: Smash hit? Fermilab could get world's top accelerator Linear Collider would reaffirm center as global physics leader
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- January 6, 2004
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Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory is an early contender for
the next big thing in physics: a 20-mile particle speedway where
matter and anti-matter would collide and, scientists hope, reveal
secrets of the universe.
The Linear Collider is an international project that would cost $4
billion to $10 billion. If approved, construction near the far west
suburban lab would begin between 2007 and 2010 and take about six
years.
Depending on what design is used, the accelerator would require
between 150 megawatts and 225 megawatts of electricity -- roughly
enough to supply between 50,000 and 80,000 homes.
It's still in the early stages. Though international physics
organizations have agreed in ...