Inauguration of the completion of CERN's Large Hadron Collider

CERN prepares to celebrate completion of the LHC

CERN prepares to celebrate completion of the LHC

PRESS RELEASE 10.08
23.09.2008
LHC re-start scheduled for 2009

The LHC is the world's largest and highest-energy particle accelerator. The collider is contained in a circular tunnel, with a circumference of 27 kilometres (17 mi), at a depth ranging from 50 to 175 metres underground.

The smaller accelerators are located on the main Meyrin site (also known as the West Area), which was originally built in Switzerland alongside the French border, but has been extended to span the border since 1965. The French side is under Swiss jurisdiction and so there is no obvious border within the site, apart from a line of marker stones. There are six entrances to the Meyrin site:

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