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Article: Fermilab's fate is on the line
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- September 18, 1988
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Depending on decisions made in Washington, Fermilab either will
become part of the world's leading physics lab in the 21st century or
fade into obscurity.
It all depends on what Congress and the administration decide to
do with the proposed $4.4 billion superconducting super collider.
The SSC would be a 53-mile underground ring in which streams of
subatomic particles would rotate in opposite directions and collide.
Its design is similar to Fermilab's.
Illinois, one of seven states in the running for the lab, has
proposed building the SSC next to Fermilab.
President Reagan will pick the winning state before leaving
office next January. Under Illinois' proposal, particles would be ...