Who is going to pay for the repairs to the Large Hadron Collider?

Cleaning up after a helium leak in the world's largest particle accelerator could cost upwards of SFr35 million ($29 million), its operator has warned.

The European Organisation for Nuclear Research (Cern), which built the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), said repairs on the SFr10 billion machine would cost SFr15 million and spare parts another SFr10-20 million.

"We will not be going to our member states asking for more money, we will deal with it within the current Cern budget," spokesman James Gillies said. More...

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