Sanford Underground Research Facility

 Almost 800,000t of rock need to be excavated to create the space for the South Dakota portion of the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment
INFRASTRUCTURE

Excavation of underground caverns for DUNE halfway complete

Halfway point reached in the excavation of the DUNE underground caverns in South Dakota

24 February 2023

 About 16,000 bolts will need to be installed to provide ground support in the seven-story-tall caverns a mile underground that will house the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment
MINING

Excavating the caverns for the DUNE particle detector

A mile below South Dakota construction crews are excavating around 1,000t of rock per day

29 August 2022

 During experiments, this straddle packer is inserted into the borehole to stimulate select portions of the borehole with pressurized water
GEOTHERMAL

'Ground-breaking' experiment at SURF to advance geothermal energy research

New experiments into geothermal energy production are being carried out at the US SURF facility

25 May 2022

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