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Dear all, Please see below details of the Boulby Feasibility Study Community Days. For more information please contact [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>. Feasibility Study for Developing the Boulby Underground Laboratory into a Facility for Future Major International Projects H Araújo, J Dobson, C Ghag, S Greenwood, V Kudryavtsev, P Majewski, S Paling, V Pec, R Saakyan, P. Scovell, N Smith, T J Sumner Call for community input We are carrying out a feasibility study for STFC into the use of the Boulby Underground Laboratory as a host facility for future major international rare event search experiments. As part of that study we would like to elicit input from the wider community on interest in use of Boulby and consequent infrastructure needs. We plan to do this using two (DMUK) community meetings; the first is to introduce the results of the study so far and hear any preliminary expressions of interest, and the second is to have more detailed focussed discussions with interested parties. Any new use cases put forward will be listed in the final report to STFC, planned for mid-2021. The meetings will be held using zoom - details to follow. The first meeting is planned for Friday 26th February from 14:00 - 17:00 The second meeting is planned for Friday 12th March from 14:00 - 17:00 Information Both underground and surface facilities are being considered. For the underground sector new excavations are included to give ~2,500m2 additional floor area. Two possible sites are included: one at the existing laboratory depth of 1100m and the other somewhat deeper at 1400m. We envisage a large central cavern of height ~25m with a floor area of ~450m2 surrounded by a network of caverns providing space for support activities (workshops, cleanrooms, staging areas, storage, mess rooms, etc). For the surface sector a new building is foreseen to cater for both a larger facility staffing level, increased user numbers as well as laboratory/storage areas for preparation activities. An agenda for the first meeting will be circulated closer to the meeting. If you would like to be added to the agenda please send an email to [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> If you are planning to attend could you also send an email to [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>. ________________________________ This is an informal STFC Particle Astrophysics mailing list. This list will be used for the circulation of information considered to be relevant to the wider Particle Astrophysics Community. Please feel free to forward on to colleagues who may be interested in this information. If you would like to unsubscribe from the mailing list please send an email with no subject and in the main body the words UNSUBSCRIBE PAAP-ML to [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>. For anyone wishing to subscribe to the mailing list please send an email with no subject and in the main body the words SUBSCRIBE PAAP-ML to [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>. This email and any attachments are intended solely for the use of the named recipients. If you are not the intended recipient you must not use, disclose, copy or distribute this email or any of its attachments and should notify the sender immediately and delete this email from your system. UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) has taken every reasonable precaution to minimise risk of this email or any attachments containing viruses or malware but the recipient should carry out its own virus and malware checks before opening the attachments. UKRI does not accept any liability for any losses or damages which the recipient may sustain due to presence of any viruses. Opinions, conclusions or other information in this message and attachments that are not related directly to UKRI business are solely those of the author and do not represent the views of UKRI. ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the PAAP-ML list, click the following link: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/WA-JISC.exe?SUBED1=PAAP-ML&A=1 This message was issued to members of www.jiscmail.ac.uk/PAAP-ML, a mailing list hosted by www.jiscmail.ac.uk, terms & conditions are available at https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/policyandsecurity/