Canfranc Underground Laboratory


The Canfranc Underground Laboratory is an underground scientific facility located in the former railway Tunnel of Somport under Monte Tobazo in Canfranc. The laboratory, 850 m deep protected from cosmic radiation, is mainly devoted to study rarely occurring natural phenomena such as the interactions of neutrinos of cosmic origin or dark matter with atomic nuclei.
Access to the tunnel containing the laboratory is at the Estación Internacional de Canfranc, a former international railway station in the village of Canfranc.

Experiments

As of 2018, the following experiments are ongoing in Canfranc:
As of 2018, two further experiments were in proposal stage: CUNA, an underground nuclear astrophysics facility, and GOLLUM underground biology experiment.
As of 2018, the following experiments have completed their activities in Canfranc: