Extensive work will be needed to fix the Large Hadron Collider after a problem thought to be related to a faulty electrical connection Photo: GETTY IMAGESFrom The Telegraph:
Repairs to the Large Hadron Collider, dubbed the biggest experiment in history, will cost almost £14m and take until at least next summer to be completed.
A faulty electrical connection between magnets was likely to blame for a large helium leak which caused the £4.4m LHC to be shut down in September.
At first the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) thought it would only be out of action until last month but the damage was worse than expected.
Now it is hoped repairs will be completed by May or early June with the machine restarted at the end of June or later.
James Gillies, a CERN spokesman, said: "If we can do it sooner, all well and good. But I think we can do it realistically (in) early summer.
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