MINING

Excavating the caverns for the DUNE particle detector

A mile below South Dakota construction crews are excavating around 1,000t of rock per day

 About 16,000 bolts will need to be installed to provide ground support in the seven-story-tall caverns a mile underground that will house the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment

About 16,000 bolts will need to be installed to provide ground support in the seven-story-tall caverns a mile underground that will house the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment

Around a mile below the surface in South Dakota, construction crews are hard at work excavating around 1,000t of rock per day. Their goal is to make room for a large underground facility that will house...

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