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What is the main job of a particle accelerator?

To speed up particles and collide them for study.

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  1. To store radioactive waste safely
  2. To cool nuclear reactors
  3. To speed up particles and collide them for study ✔

Why: Accelerators boost particles to high energies and collide them so scientists can study nuclear and particle properties.

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Accelerators give particles a real run for their money.
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Answer: To speed up particles and collide them for study. Accelerators boost particles to high energies and collide them so scientists can study nuclear and particle properties.

  1. Scouting America: Nuclear Science www.scouting.org/merit-badges/nuclear-science
    Explain how a particle accelerator works.
    Checked 2026-11-07.

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