Excavation of colossal caverns for Fermilab’s DUNE experiment completed
Located a mile below the surface, the three colossal caverns are at the core of a new research facility that spans an underground area about the size of eight soccer fields.
- Located a mile below the surface, the three colossal caverns are at the core of a new research facility that spans an underground area about the size of eight soccer fields.
- The caverns provide space for four large neutrino detectors—each one about the size of a seven-story building (see 2-minute animation ).
- With DUNE, scientists will look for neutrinos and examine the behavior of a neutrino beam produced at Fermilab, located near Chicago, about 800 miles east of the caverns.
- “The completion of the excavation of these enormous caverns is a significant achievement for this project,” said U.S. Project Director Chris Mossey.