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Throwing Light on Science
Date story added: 04/03/05
CERN (Centre Européen de Recherché Nucléaire) is Europe’s principal facility for nuclear research and recently it celebrated its 50th birthday in the presence of the French President, Jacques Chirac. It was an opportunity to take pride in a true example of successful scientific European collaboration, the CERN particle accelerator.The tunnel in which the particle accelerator is located, constructed 100m below the surface, has a circumference of 27kms, with a total of 38kms of tunnels.
CERN has been a client of SLI since 2001. Since then, no less than 8000 fluorescent tubes have been installed on the cable duct running the length of the tunnels. All these fixtures are specials made at Saint-Etienne, using halogen-free cables. The shallow reflectors have been specially designed for this project, to allow for easy maintenance in the narrow tunnels. Yet one more major project that sees SLI accelerating boldly towards the future.
