Posted: Mar 10, 2010 10:08 am
Brian Cox is getting a bit tetchy about this, as his latest Facebook entry shows. You can see the frustration building:
Brian Cox There is nothing wrong with LHC - lazy journalism. Schedule announced in Jan, 18 months physics, 12 month engineering shutdown afterwards
I just saw the BBC "news" story about LHC schedule - I know I'm a BBC person but it's really shoddy! This kind of thing really annoys me.
Brian Cox ALL particle accelerators have 6 - 12 month regular shutdowns for maintenance and upgrades. That's how complex machines are operated !
I repeat: #LHC will run for 12 - 18 months now. It will then shut down, AS ACCELERATORS DO, for maintenance and upgrades. ENGINEERING !!!