The former Homestake gold mine is set to become one of the largest underground caverns and host the most significant neutrino experiment in history.
The former Homestake mine, the biggest and deepest gold mine in North America until its closure in 2002, is set to become one of the largest underground caverns in history and house the largest physics experiment in the study of neutrinos.
Even though there are other caverns of similar or larger size on the planet, they are closer to the surface. This means that nothing the size of DUNE has ever been done at depths of 4,850 feet below ground.Willhite noted that the engineering challenges of construction this far below the surface are formidable.“Every bit of air that is underground has to come down through one shaft and go back out another shaft, and this requires management of air movement,” he said.
Water, on the other hand, cannot be taken for granted in the DUNE construction. Installing a bathroom, for example, requires pumping water between the surface and the construction site which, in turn, would require almost 2,200 psi of pressure. Thus, engineers have broken down the plumbing that supplies water into a series of stepped segments to reduce the pressure needed by individual pumps.
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