The new particle accelerator would consist of a 100-kilometer-long tunnel, partly under the lake of Geneva. The current tunnel is 27 kilometers long. The new capacity would be at the latest 2040 should be operational.
Read also European particle accelerator discovered two (possibly three) new particlesIn a particle accelerator are loaded particles of which an atom is gigantic accelerated to the speed of light – for fundamental research, for example to the existence of the universe. CERN currently has the largest particle accelerator in the world, but other countries such as Japan and China have their own plans.
In the FCC project, in different stages would be built, it would be up to ten times more energy can be produced than today, which, for example, the conditions just after the big bang can be simulated, and possible new matter could be discovered. the
An international panel still needs the green light for the construction of the Future Circular Collidor.