Tag Archives: Vaiko

The INO story

Posted on April 6, 2016 by

The INO’s is a great story but stands unfortunately to become a depressing parable at the moment – the biggest bug yet in a spider’s web spun of bureaucracy and misinformation. Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Department of Atomic Energy, India-based Neutrino Observatory, Inter-Institutional Centre for High Energy Physics, Iron Calorimeter, Madras High Court, National green Tribunal, particle physics, Poovulagin Nanbargal, solar neutrino problem, Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board, theta-13, Vaiko | Comments Off

Vaiko has a problem with the unmanned, fully automated neutrino observatory

Posted on January 6, 2015 by

Imagine a vast research facility situated below a hill – fully underground – hosting a massive particle detector made up of the world’s largest electromagnet and some 30,000 metal plates. Embracing this device is a magnetic field 35,000 times as strong as Earth’s, not … Continue reading →

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