Canfranc Underground Laboratory
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The Canfranc Underground Laboratory (Spanish: Laboratorio Subterráneo de Canfranc or LSC) is an underground scientific facility located in the former railway tunnel of Somport under Monte Tobazo (Pyrenees) in Canfranc. The laboratory, 780 m deep and protected from cosmic radiation, is mainly devoted to study rarely occurring natural phenomena such as the interactions of neutrinos of cosmic origin or dark matter with atomic nuclei.Access to the tunnel containing the laboratory is at the Estación Internacional de Canfranc, a former international railway station in the village of Canfranc.
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Paseo de los Ayerbe, Canfranc
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N 42.749374 ° | E -0.51633 ° |
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Laboratorio Subterráneo de Canfranc
Paseo de los Ayerbe
22880 Canfranc
Aragon, Spain
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