The most dangerous delivery truck? How a lorry-load of antimatter will help solve secrets of universe

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3. No mention in the article how much they'll carrying. At $1 trillion/gm, I'm guessing not much.

Annihilation of the entire shipment might release a few nanojoules of energy; all those big supercon magnets present a bigger hazard if they should quench, or the cryocoolants blow out for some other reason. Probably the biggest danger is the loss of very expensive, highly specialized equipment; a sudden quench can cause serious damage, and the equipment involved is usually made to high precision, which is all lost when stuff gets bent out of shape.

Interesting they referred to a 2009 pop-lit thriller to add credence(?!?) to something that's been discussed in pop-sci literature and SF for decades. I guess those weren't best-sellers, so they don't count.