1970 1970 Which of the cables best resists the flames? CERN Courier 266-268 9 9 1969 1969 On the morning of Sunday, 31 August, fire broke out in the middle of the outer tunnel in the south-east PS area, which houses the k 11 low-momentum separated pion beam and the neutrino beam which will feed the heavy-liquid bubble chamber Gargamelle. The neutrino beam was being tested. It took the CERN firemen over two hours to put out the blaze, and the photograph gives some idea of the damage. Fortunately, no-one was injured. However, a whole series of cables were burned out and the pulsed magnets, the vacuum system and the beam control system were damaged by the intense heat and falling white-hot debris. Some of the synthetic mastic sealing of the building was destroyed. 1973 1973 1973 1973 1973 1973 1973 1973 1973 1973 1973 1973 1973 1973 1973 1973 1973 1973 In the Main Building the flooding was spectacular but did not cause as severe damage as elsewhere. Nevertheless this indoor swimming pool in the basement illustrates how the unusual volume of water which fell during the freak storm far exceeded the ability of the drainage system to cope with it. 1963 1963 The NPA building (now known as building 256) can also be seen here: https://cds.cern.ch/record/40151 1963 1963 Slippery roads can be a challenge; not all members of CERN are used to driving on snow and ice CERN Annual report - Administration Department 134-162 1967 1967 1966 1966 1970 1970 1963 1963 1967 1967 1969 1969 1970 1970 1963 1963 1967 1967 Related album 1968 1968 1967 1967 1966 1966 1967 1967 1970 1970 1970 1970 1964 1964