CERN
CERN
The European Organization for Nuclear Research, abbreviated as CERN (from the French ‘Conseil européen pour la Recherche Nucléaire’ or European Council for Nuclear Research, as its predecessor was called), is the world’s largest particle physics laboratory, situated in the northwest suburbs of Geneva on the Franco–Swiss border. It was established in 1954 and has twenty European Member States: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, the Slovak Republic, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom
CERN’s main function is to provide the particle accelerators and other infrastructure needed for high-energy physics research. Numerous experiments have been constructed at CERN by international collaborations to make use of them. It is also noted for being the birthplace of the World Wide Web. The main site at Meyrin also has a large computer centre containing very powerful data processing facilities primarily for experimental data analysis, and because of the need to make them available to researchers elsewhere, has historically been (and continues to be) a major wide area networking hub.
CERN
Embracing mainstream international law, this section on cern explores the context, history and effect of the area of the law covered here.
CERN (Centre Européen Pour la Recherche Nucléaire) and Europe
There is an entry on cern (centre européen pour la recherche nucléaire) in the European legal encyclopedia.
CERN and the European Union
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- International Organization
- Foreign Relations
- Intergovernmental Organization
- Regional Organization
- Regional Integration
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- European Centre for Nuclear Research
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Further Reading
- Entry “CERN (Centre Européen Pour la Recherche Nucléaire)” in the work “A Concise Encyclopedia of the European Union from Aachen to Zollverein”, by Rodney Leach (Profile Books; London)
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Further Reading
- The entry “cern” in the Parry and Grant Encyclopaedic Dictionary of International Law (currently, the Encyclopaedic Dictionary of International Law, 2009), Oxford University Press
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Further Information
European Organization for Nuclear Research – CERN
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Research and development (R & D)
Hierarchical Display of CERN
International Organisations > European organisations > European organisation
Energy > Electrical and nuclear industries > Nuclear industry > Nuclear technology
Energy > Electrical and nuclear industries > Nuclear industry > Nuclear policy > Nuclear research
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Concept of CERN
See the dictionary definition of CERN.
Characteristics of CERN
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Translation of CERN
Thesaurus of CERN
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Energy > Electrical and nuclear industries > Nuclear industry > Nuclear technology > CERN
Energy > Electrical and nuclear industries > Nuclear industry > Nuclear policy > Nuclear research > CERN
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- Nuclear technology
- Nuclear fusion
- Fuel reprocessing
- Nuclear chemistry
- Nuclear fission
- Fuel enrichment
- Nuclear test
- Reactor cooling system
- Nuclear research
- European Laboratory for Particle Physics
- European Organisation for Nuclear Research
- European Organization for Nuclear Research
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