Our cute little brothers often become the cause of big problems.
The large hadron Collider, the world’s most powerful particle accelerator, was incapacitated by a ferret in the night from Thursday to Friday.
Engineers are studying the cause of the shutdown of the reactor-giant, found the charred remains of an animal that chewed through power cable. “We had problems with electricity, and we largely believe that it could happen due to the little animal,” – said the spokesperson of the CERN Arno Marsala.
According to the newspaper, take some time to bring the LHC into operation. “Maybe it will happen in mid-may,” said Marsala.
In early April, the accelerator was first launched after two stops. It was initially supposed to launch in late March. However, on 21 March was fixed a short circuit in one of the magnets.
The large hadron Collider (Large hadron collider, LHC, LHC) – the world’s most powerful particle accelerator.
Built by the European organization for nuclear research (CERN). Project TANK is a large – scale international program. In the work of construction and experiments at the accelerator was attended by about 100 thousand people from 44 countries, including from Russia. The construction of the LHC began in 1998 and ended in 2008, the First test took place on 10 September 2008, but soon the TANK was stopped for several months because of the accident.
