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Re:Quench of LHC inner triplet magnet causes a small leak wi... by throwawaylinux on Friday July 21, 2023 @06:02AM (#36812016)
> Don't you think the Swiss and French governments wouldn't have thought about safety almost 70 years ago?

This isn't an argument. 70 years ago France was conducting atmospheric nuclear tests that caused people and inhabited land to be exposed radioactive fallout.

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Re:Quench of LHC inner triplet magnet causes a small leak wi... by Xixi on Friday July 21, 2023 @09:49AM (#36813729)
France wasn't conducting atmospheric nuclear tests in Europe. So maybe officials were indeed thinking of safety, but with a hint (or a bucketload) of cynicism...
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