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...million-dollar bubble chamber of the Cambridge Electron Accelerator--considered by many scientists the heart of its operation--may not be used again unless the CEA obtain funds for a new building to house...
Thomas L. Collins, CEA assistant director and senior research fellow, said Tuesday that the bubble chamber, for safety reasons, probably will not be returned to the CEA experimental hall. The hall was devastated by an explosion July 5. Most observers, Collins said, now believe that the blast was touched off when liquid hydrogen being fed into the bubble chamber spilled onto the floor...
Present evidence indicates that it will be easier to prevent an explosion in the future if the bubble chamber is housed separately, Collins said. "Keeping hydrogen from spilling will be a simple matter," he explained. "That's not the point. The problem is, if a foolish thing like that does happens, can we keep it from causing a serious explosion? In a separate building, I think...
...could operate successfully without its bubble chamber, which is now in the first stages of re-assembly, if a new building is not approved, Collins said...
...most unpleasant aspects of my training as a marine was the "gas chamber," in which marines learn what to do if attacked with gas of the kind used by Colonel Utter in Viet Nam [Sept. 17]. I would sooner be gassed than lose an arm or my life. If by using tear gas we can spare lives, then I say "Congratulations, Colonel Utter...