Fermilab in Batavia to be in limited operations Aug. 26-Sept. 2

Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory in Batavia no longer will close from Aug. 26 to Sept. 9, but instead will have limited operations for infrastructure maintenance and repairs, officials said in an email.

During the week of Aug. 26, the majority of Fermilab staff will be on leave and the lab will be closed to the public, an email from spokeswoman Tracy Marc said.

Fermi, the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science and the Fermi Research Alliance, LLC – the management group for the particle physics and accelerator laboratory – collaborated and additional funding was made available, Marc said.

The lab will reopen to the public Sept. 3 after the Labor Day holiday.