Long-Baseline Neutrino Facility

One minute with Kate Sienkiewicz, LBNF Near Site Conventional Facilities project manager

December 14, 2020 sarah JonasFeature

From working at the CIA to designing science facilities at Fermilab, Kate Sienkiewicz enjoys tackling complex problems. Currently, she oversees the team tasked with designing and building conventional facilities at the Long-Baseline Neutrino Facility near site for the international Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment — all with the overarching goal of understanding the universe.

Contract awarded for the excavation of gigantic caverns for the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment

November 18, 2020 sarah JonasAnnouncement

This month, Thyssen Mining Inc. was awarded the contract to excavate the gigantic caverns for Fermilab’s Long-Baseline Neutrino Facility. Excavation crews will drill, blast and remove approximately 800,000 tons of rock to create the underground space for LBNF. When complete, the facility will house the enormous particle detector for the international Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment, hosted by Fermilab.

In photos: Fermilab site preparation for LBNF nears completion

October 21, 2020 sarah JonasFeature

All summer long, progress on preparing the Fermilab site for the construction of the Long-Baseline Neutrino Facility has been proceeding at a healthy clip. Now, as summer winds down, that site prep is nearing completion.

Crews create a blast to take the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment to the next stage

June 24, 2020 sarah JonasFeature

Construction workers have carried out the first underground blasting for the Long-Baseline Neutrino Facility, which will provide the space, infrastructure and particle beam for the international Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment. This prep work paves the way for removing more than 800,000 tons of rock to make space for the gigantic DUNE detectors a mile underground.