Guide to the Wyoming Superconducting Super Collider Task Force Records
Scope and Content
This record group includes correspondence, sites proposals considered for Wyoming's bid, memorandum, minutes and recommendations by the Governor's Superconducting Super Collider Task Force.
Dates
- 1985-1988
Creator
- Wyoming. Superconductor Super Collider Task Force (Organization)
Language of Materials
English
Access Restrictions
The collection is open for research.
Copy Restrictions
Limited duplication of print materials allowed for research purposes. User is responsible for all copyright compliance.
Historical Note
The possibility of construction a Superconducting Super Collider (SSC) system was first proposed in 1976 and endorsed by 1983. The proposed particle accelerator project would have produced 20 TeV (tera-electron volts), 20 times larger than any existing project at that time and 5 times larger than the later Large Hadron Collider. By September 1987, bids for 43 proposed sites across the nation were received by the federal Department of Energy, including Wyoming's offer of a site 16 miles east of Cheyenne near Burns.
The Wyoming site did not make the short list, and on November 10, 1988, the DOE announced that a site had been chosen near Waxahachie, Texas. The project was eventually cancelled by congress in 1993.
Extent
1 cubic feet
Abstract
Records of the Wyoming Superconducting Super Collider Task Force organized to present a bid for the SSC to be located in Wyoming.
Arrangement
Alphabetical
Acquisition Information
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Alternate Formats Available
Microfilmed and digitized copies of records may be available. See container list for more information.
Separated Material
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Processing Information
Processed by Carl Hallberg.
Creator
- Wyoming. Superconductor Super Collider Task Force (Organization)
- Title
- Guide to the Wyoming Superconducting Super Collider Task Force Records, 1985-1988
- Status
- Edited Full Draft
- Author
- Suzi Taylor
- Date
- © 2018
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- Finding aid is in English
Repository Details
Part of the Wyoming State Archives, Wyoming Cultural Resources Division, Wyoming Department of State Parks & Cultural Resources Repository
Barrett Building
2301 Central Avenue
Cheyenne Wyoming 82002 United States
(307) 777-7826
wyarchive@wyo.gov