By Anaïs Schaeffer - For the first time at CERN, an autopsy has been carried out on a radioactive beam dump. Inspection of the inner workings of the device helped the teams to find out more about how materials behave under the impact of high-energy beams, CERN Bulletin.
Autopsy of an LHC beam dump
Autopsy of an LHC beam dump
Autopsy of an LHC beam dump

The beam dump is moved into the radiation airlock installation specially constructed for the autopsy. (Image: CERN)