On April 6, 2009 at 03:32 a.m. (local time) a strong earthquake (Ml=5.8; Mw= 6.2) hit the town of L’Aquila and its surroundings. As is well known, unfortunately the seism have had dramatic consequences. There have been over 200 victims, thousands of
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CNGS (CERN->LNGS) neutrino beam (re)started
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May 15, 2007 11:25 CEST: Borexino filling completed!
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Water Tank filling completed
Inner Vessel filling completed
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PC procurement at Sarroch completed
About 300 m³ of PC in the SSS
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Water Tank filling has begun
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PC delivery from Sarroch to LNGS has begun
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First batch of scintillator (~11,000 liters) in Borexino!
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Borexino SSS filled with water
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