The instrument, which is now entering its operational phase, will eventually be capable of running under robotic control.

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The review ranked him "average" for the operational phase of projects because "once the factories turn on, I get bored, " Mr. Bull remembers.

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And in the operational phase, we continue with every aircraft we bring in to our inventory to experiment, and we learn more as we go along.

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Phase II is expected to be operational by the second quarter of 2014.

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When the project was officially launched Bangor University said the scheme would create or safeguard 450 jobs during the construction phase, 100 more during the operational stage, and a further 330 jobs through the innovation hub.

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"The project will create up to 1, 000 local jobs during the four-year construction phase and 100 local permanent jobs for the 20-year operational life of the project, " he said.

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For now, though, the project's still in the baby steps phase -- only 12 feet of the detector (the currently operational portion) has been successfully built out -- so the reality-shattering, scientific epiphanies will have to wait.

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The second phase, north from Birmingham in a Y-shaped extension to Manchester and Leeds, could be operational by about 2032-33.

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