Japanese committee narrows choice of location for ILC
DOI: 10.1063/PT.5.027292
Science : A Japanese committee has recommended a site in the Kitakami Mountains of northeastern Japan as the best place to put the International Linear Collider, should Japan win the bid for the facility. The collider’s 31-km-long tunnel would be bored through the mountain range. The site in Japan’s Iwate Prefecture was selected because of its geology and local infrastructure. Although funding is still up in the air, it is possible that a portion of the several billion dollars set aside by the government for reconstruction in the region after the 2011 tsunami could be directed toward the ILC. The collider is expected to cost a total of $10 billion, half of which is to be footed by the host country.
