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0 pointsawjlogan4mo ago0 comments

Maintainance and upgrades. These big shared facilities they are shutdown regularly and researchers work flat out while they're up.

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scheme2714mo ago

Doesn't power costs also affect shutdown periods? I know that CERN would shutdown in winter due to increased power costs and power demands around then. I suppose something similar may affect accelerators in the US.

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