29 May 2026
On May 22, the CERN Council decided to move forward with plans to build a new super-particle accelerator for electrons and positrons: the underground Future Circular Collider, with a circumference of 91 kilometers. Why this plan, and will it actually happen? The daily newspaper Trouw spoke with Rosemarie Aben, Jorgenn D’Hondt, and Raimind Snellings of Nikhef. The article by Jean-Paul Keulen is available online (in Dutch).
