LBNF/DUNE

Three photographers were chosen for their excellence in capturing images of America’s Underground Lab. One of the three photos includes a photo of a person inside one of the drifts used to access DUNE.

A team rigging operators at SURF have completed 486 slung-loads down the Ross Shaft in support development of DUNE. This process involving the Ross Shaft will increase dramatically as construction of the DUNE cryostats starts early next year.

SURF’s 2025 Davis-Bahcall Scholar Program recently wrapped up the 28-day program this summer for eight STEM students. The program is a four week tour of science facilities in the U.S. and London, including a stop at Fermilab.

The B1M channel, the world’s largest online video channel for construction projects, describes the LBNF/DUNE project and how it will help us continue to advance particle physics research.

SURF recently finished the overhaul of the Yates mine shaft that transports personnel and supplies for experiments underground, including DUNE. The Yates Shaft is one of two mineshafts inside 370 miles of tunnels and shafts that was once North America’s deepest gold mine.

In 2024, Fermilab made significant scientific progress, including advancing preparations for the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment and conducting groundbreaking quantum research. The laboratory also continued its strong international collaborations — including involvement with the CMS experiment at CERN — and made strides in developing emerging technologies with wide applications beyond physics.

A successful test delivers DUNE steel beam a mile underground at Sanford Underground Research Lab in Lead, South Dakota.

Now that the excavation of 800,000 tons of rock from the Sanford Underground Research Facility is complete, LBNF-DUNE teams are working on the the far detector in South Dakota and the near detector at Fermilab in Illinois. The science collaboration includes more than 35 countries and DOE’s Office of Science is supporting the LBNF-DUNE to help answer some of physics’ biggest questions.

Crews completed the first successful lift and lowering of a steel beam a mile underground for the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment at the Sanford Underground Research Facility in South Dakota.

A repost of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Science. Now that the excavation of the LBNF-DUNE project is complete, science and engineering teams are developing the detectors and systems DUNE will use to study neutrinos. The launch of LBNF/DUNE will bring a new era in understanding neutrinos and knowing more about our universe as a whole.