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Physics News Update
Number 207 (Story #4), December 15, 1994 by Phillip F. Schewe and Ben Stein

THE ABANDONED SSC SITE may be used for various geoscience projects, such as the study of subsurface fluid flow, particularly as it applies to the preservations of aquifers. The partially completed SSC tunnel is 22.5 km long and proceeds through sedimentary strata---shale and chalk---similar to those found underneath many Midwestern cities. A meeting at LBL was convened in September 1994 to discuss the matter. (Eos, Nov. 29.)