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Cryogenics makes good neighbors

In August, Jefferson Lab asked Fermilab to pack up its backup turbine for its cryogenics refrigeration unit and send it halfway across the country. Jefferson Lab’s primary turbine was in Europe for normal wear-and-tear repair, overhaul, and design modification, and its spare turbine had just failed. The options were to lose countless hours of laboratory experiment time while the backup was sent to Europe for repair, or ask a friend for a favor.

Saturday 26 September, 2009 08:57 AM

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