Published 3 days ago • loading... • Updated 15 hours ago

CERN Confirms Feasibility of $17B Future Circular Collider Project

On Monday, CERN announced a years-long feasibility study concluding there are no technical obstacles to building the Future Circular Collider , a $17 billion particle collider in a 91-kilometer tunnel straddling the French-Swiss border at an average depth of 200 meters.
CERN believes the Future Circular Collider project is essential for ensuring Europe maintains its global leadership in fundamental physics, especially with real competition from China.
The new collider would accommodate a particle accelerator more than three times the length of CERN's existing Large Hadron Collider , a 27-kilometer ring used to prove the existence of the Higgs boson.
CERN Director General Fabiola Gianotti and other proponents state that the FCC project is on track and necessary for progress, while CERN spokesman Arnaud Marsollier has attempted to allay concerns about the project's cost, noting that up to 80% could be covered by CERN's budget.
Critics, including Germany , environmental associations like Noe21, and local farmers like Thierry Perrillat, have voiced reservations, describing the project as "pharaonic" and "excessive" due to its astronomical financial, ecological, and operating costs, with Perrillat noting the planned collider would take five hectares of his farm; CO-CERNes, a Franco-Swiss collective, is organizing information sessions in nearby communities.

Insights by Ground AI

Does this summary seem wrong?

130 Articles

All

Left

Center

Right

Scientific American

Lean Left

New Plan for Particle Physics Megaproject Leaves out Funding Details

A long-awaiting report from CERN explores the feasibility of building a supersized successor to the Large Hadron Collider

15 hours ago

Read Full Article

delo.si

Lean Left

He is looking for unusual particles for new physics. In his free time, however, he lifts weights

Neža Ribarič works as a researcher in Cern, Switzerland. He is currently researching the particles predicted by the theory of supersymmetry.

18 hours ago

Read Full Article

Fast Company

Lean Left

CERN scientists release blueprint for the Future Circular Collider

Top minds at the world’s largest atom smasher have released a blueprint for a much bigger successor that could vastly improve research into the remaining enigmas of physics. The plans for the Future Circular Collider—a nearly 91-kilometer (56.5-mile) loop along the French-Swiss border and below Lake Geneva—published late Monday put the finishing details on a project roughly a decade in the making at CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Re…

1 day ago

Read Full Article

The Debrief

Center

CERN Charts a Path to Unlocking Deeper Mysteries of the Universe as Circular Collider Moves Closer to Reality

CERN has completed a feasibility assessment on a Future Circular Collider (FCC), a potential successor to the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), targeted for construction starting in the 2030s to aid scientists in revealing fundamental physics mysteries. Thousands of physicists and engineers worldwide weighed in on the idea, and their input was collated into a report covering many aspects and potential concerns related to such a project, ranging from …

1 day ago

Read Full Article

Helsingin Sanomat

Lean Left

Physics | Plans for a nearly 100-kilometer device unveiled, European particle scientists hope for new breakthroughs

The European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) has released a preliminary plan for a giant particle accelerator. If billions are found for the project from CERN member countries, the device could possibly start operating as early as the 2040s.

1 day ago·Helsinki, Finland

Read Full Article

End Time Headlines

Lean Right

Scientists ready to create much larger version of CERN

The Large Hadron Collider (LHC), housed at CERN near Geneva, Switzerland, has long been celebrated as a triumph of human ingenuity. Since its groundbreaking discovery of the Higgs boson in 2012, the LHC has provided unprecedented insights into the universe’s fundamental building blocks. However, a new proposal to construct an even larger successor, the Future […]

2 days ago

Read Full Article

Think freely.Subscribe and get full access to Ground NewsSubscriptions start at $9.99/year