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Old 05-02-2016, 04:06 PM   #2674
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Default Large Hadron Collider: Weasel causes shutdown

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-36173247?

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The unfortunate creature did not survive the encounter with a high-voltage transformer at the site near Geneva in Switzerland.
The LHC was running when a "severe electrical perturbation" occurred in the early hours of Friday morning.
A spokesman for Cern said that the weasel did not get into the tunnels, just the electrical facilities.
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