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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Jamey Keaten

HISTORICAL FACTS: Scientists release plans for an even bigger atom smasher along the french swiss border | History Defined

Scientists at CERN, the European Organisation for Nuclear Research, have unveiled ambitious plans for a colossal new atom smasher, the Future Circular Collider (FCC).

This proposed successor to the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) would be a nearly 56.5-mile (91-kilometre) loop, dwarfing the LHC and even venturing beneath Lake Geneva along the French-Swiss border.

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