LHC 'Doomsday' Suit

file under 'Sweeeeeet'.

slashdot pops this one:

Mar 27, 2008 22:38:00 GMT smooth wombat writes "a former nuclear safety officer and others are suing the U.S. Department of Energy, Fermilab, the National Science Foundation and CERN to stop the use of the LHC (Large Hadron Collider) until its safety is reassessed. The plaintiffs cite three possible 'doomsday' scenarios which might occur if the LHC becomes operational: the creation of microscopic black holes which would grow and swallow matter, the creation of strangelets which, if they touch other matter, would convert that matter into strangelets or the creation of magnetic monopoles which could start a chain reaction and convert atoms to other forms of matter. CERN will hold a public open house meeting on April 6 with word having been spread to some researchers to be prepared to answer questions on microscopic black holes and strangelets if asked."

I'm checking into direct flights right now.  Where the hell is CERN?

Comments

[rudolpho]

http://antipathist.wordpress.com/2007/12/01/unveiling-of-the-large-hadron-collider/

[mathew]

For info on CERN:
http://seedmagazine.com/news/2006/05/cern_by_the_numbers.php

Huh. People are getting upset about this and not bazillion-megaton nuclear weapons anymore?