[Arguendo]

Fast forward 63 years to this far more sophisticated and more powerful experiment...

Does this really involve more power than a nuclear bomb?

[mkjessup]

Does this really involve more power than a nuclear bomb?

I think in terms of explosive power, probably not as the Hadron Collider is not an explosive device. But compared with a nuclear explosion, the Collider probably IS more powerful if only due to the fact that it is a carefully controlled release of energy which takes place over a longer period of time than one would see with a nuclear detonation.

The typical nuclear weapon is intended to blow things up with little regard for anything else.

The Hadron Collider is intended to rip things apart by generating massive controlled amounts of energy on a scale I don't believe we've seen as yet.

It's going to be interesting.