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Physics News Update
Number 70 (Story #4), March 5, 1992 by Phillip F. Schewe and Ben Stein

"THE LHC PROJECT NOW EXISTS." These are the words of CERN Council president Sir William Mitchell commenting on the recent declaration by CERN's governing body that the Large Hadron Collider "is the right machine for the advance of the subject and of the future of CERN." The LHC, which like the SSC would collide protons against protons at TeV energies, would be built in the 27-km tunnel of the existing LEP collider. Despite Sir William's assertion, further approval steps will be necessary before construction of the machine would begin. (CERN Courier, Jan/Feb.)