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Article: Fermilab collides with 21st century
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- August 5, 1991
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A newly approved upgrade at Fermilab will ensure the west
suburban lab remains the world's premier high-energy physics center
in the 1990s.
But after 2000, Fermilab's future is in doubt.
In late 1999, a machine 20 times more powerful than Fermilab,
the superconducting super collider, is scheduled to begin running in
Texas. If Congress decides it can't afford two world-class atom
smashers, Fermilab might have to close.
Losing Fermilab would be a major blow to Illinois' economy and
high-tech reputation. Fermilab anchors the west end of the
Interstate 88 research corridor. It has a $200 million budget,
employs 2,300 people and does business with more than 1,000 Illinois
companies.
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