"The beam can slice through 30 meters of copper."

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Alex Send message Joined: 2 Sep 04 Posts: 378 Credit: 10,765 RAC: 0	Message 6964 - Posted: 12 Apr 2005, 5:21:26 UTC Last modified: 12 Apr 2005, 5:26:14 UTC Not sure how reliable a news soucre zpenergy.com is.. but.. yikes! http://www.zpenergy.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1268 Article mentions that scientists are studying 'what if' the beam needs to be shut down in case of emergency. There are beam dumps for that. Maybe someone will generate some work units that simulate this. I'm not the LHC Alex. Just a number cruncher like everyone else here. ID: 6964 · Reply Quote

JLDun Send message Joined: 5 Jul 07 Posts: 21 Credit: 12,058 RAC: 0	Message 18537 - Posted: 3 Nov 2007, 8:27:33 UTC - in response to Message 6964. Not sure how reliable a news soucre zpenergy.com is.. but.. yikes! http://www.zpenergy.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1268 Article mentions that scientists are studying 'what if' the beam needs to be shut down in case of emergency. There are beam dumps for that. Maybe someone will generate some work units that simulate this. Maybe that's the reason for the short-process WU's. ID: 18537 · Reply Quote

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