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LHC weekly update: March 20, 2009

This week at the LHC, repairs to the pipeline that supplies the superconducting magnets with supercold helium have been completed. Tomorrow, the last magnet to be replaced because of high internal resistance will be removed from the beamline; its replacement will be put in place next week. Modification of the pressure relief system to allow helium to escape more quickly from the LHC in case of future incidents is 40% complete. Finally, the weekly LHC updates will now become every-other-week updates.

Technical details from the CERN Bulletin.