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KEKB Facility Damage Caused by the Great East Japan Earthquake
2011 Volume 8 Issue 2 Pages 65-73
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2011 Volume 8 Issue 2 Pages 65-73
As shown in photos, severe damages were observed at several facilities in Tsukuba campus, including the infrastructure, especially at the ground—weakened area. KEKB also damaged facility has been under the upgrade stage to SuperKEKB. So works for disassembling of KEKB machine and for remodeling of the equipment were undertaken. Fortunately no one was injured but the situations were quite hazardous. KEKB ring set～13m below the ground also experienced the severe tremors. All expansion points were injured and the cracks on the ceiling/wall/floor were created around the ring, but significant damage such as the tunnel destruction was not observed. Repairs were started, and resumed possible SuperKEKB construction though it will delay 2～3 months.
