Sanford Underground Research Facility
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The Sanford Underground Research Facility is a deep underground laboratory in South Dakota that hosts major particle physics and astrophysics experiments, including serving as the far-site for the DUNE neutrino project.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Sanford Underground Research Facility canonical | 5 |
| Deep Underground Science and Engineering Laboratory | 1 |
| Sanford Underground Research Facility, Inc. | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3616209 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sanford Underground Research Facility Context triple: [DUNE experiment, farDetectorLocation, Sanford Underground Research Facility]
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Waste Isolation Pilot Plant
The Waste Isolation Pilot Plant is a deep geological repository in New Mexico designed for the long-term disposal of transuranic radioactive waste from U.S. nuclear weapons production.
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Borexino
Borexino is a large liquid scintillator neutrino detector located at Italy’s Gran Sasso National Laboratory, designed to study low-energy solar and other neutrinos with extremely low background levels.
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C.
Idaho National Engineering Laboratory
Idaho National Engineering Laboratory is a major U.S. nuclear research and development facility in Idaho known for pioneering reactor technologies and nuclear energy innovations.
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D.
IceCube Neutrino Observatory
The IceCube Neutrino Observatory is a massive, cubic-kilometer-scale neutrino detector embedded deep in Antarctic ice, designed to observe high-energy neutrinos from cosmic sources.
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E.
Savannah River National Laboratory
Savannah River National Laboratory is a U.S. Department of Energy research facility in South Carolina specializing in nuclear materials management, environmental remediation, and national security technologies.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sanford Underground Research Facility Target entity description: The Sanford Underground Research Facility is a deep underground laboratory in South Dakota that hosts major particle physics and astrophysics experiments, including serving as the far-site for the DUNE neutrino project.
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A.
Waste Isolation Pilot Plant
The Waste Isolation Pilot Plant is a deep geological repository in New Mexico designed for the long-term disposal of transuranic radioactive waste from U.S. nuclear weapons production.
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B.
Borexino
Borexino is a large liquid scintillator neutrino detector located at Italy’s Gran Sasso National Laboratory, designed to study low-energy solar and other neutrinos with extremely low background levels.
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C.
Idaho National Engineering Laboratory
Idaho National Engineering Laboratory is a major U.S. nuclear research and development facility in Idaho known for pioneering reactor technologies and nuclear energy innovations.
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D.
IceCube Neutrino Observatory
The IceCube Neutrino Observatory is a massive, cubic-kilometer-scale neutrino detector embedded deep in Antarctic ice, designed to observe high-energy neutrinos from cosmic sources.
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E.
Savannah River National Laboratory
Savannah River National Laboratory is a U.S. Department of Energy research facility in South Carolina specializing in nuclear materials management, environmental remediation, and national security technologies.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
scientific research facility
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underground research laboratory ⓘ |
| abbreviation | SURF ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| depthBelowSurface |
approximately 1,500 meters
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approximately 4,850 feet ⓘ |
| formerlyPlannedAs |
Sanford Underground Research Facility
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Deep Underground Science and Engineering Laboratory
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| fundedBy |
Sanford donation
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South Dakota ⓘ
surface form:
State of South Dakota
U.S. Department of Energy ⓘ |
| hasEducationAndOutreachProgram | Sanford Lab Homestake Visitor Center outreach ⓘ |
| hasFacilityType | deep underground laboratory ⓘ |
| hasLowBackgroundEnvironment | yes ⓘ |
| hasPrimaryAccessShaft | Yates shaft ⓘ |
| hasSecondaryAccessShaft | Ross shaft ⓘ |
| hasSurfaceCampus | SURF surface campus in Lead ⓘ |
| hasUndergroundLevel |
2000 level
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4100 level ⓘ 4850 level ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://www.sanfordlab.org ⓘ |
| hostsExperiment |
BHUC (Black Hills Underground Campus)
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CASPAR accelerator experiment ⓘ DUNE experiment ⓘ
surface form:
DUNE far detector
DUNE prototype and infrastructure ⓘ XENON ⓘ
surface form:
LUX-ZEPLIN dark matter experiment
MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR experiment ⓘ |
| inception | 2007 ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Lead, South Dakota ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritory | Lawrence County, South Dakota ⓘ |
| locatedInMountainRange | Black Hills ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Mountain Time Zone ⓘ |
| namedAfter | T. Denny Sanford ⓘ |
| occupiesFormerSiteOf |
Homestake Mine, South Dakota
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surface form:
Homestake Gold Mine
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| openedForExperiments | around 2012 ⓘ |
| operatedBy |
Sanford Underground Research Facility
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Sanford Underground Research Facility, Inc.
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| partOf | U.S. national laboratory infrastructure for underground science ⓘ |
| primaryResearchField |
astroparticle physics
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dark matter research ⓘ neutrino physics ⓘ nuclear astrophysics ⓘ particle physics ⓘ |
| roleInDUNE | far-site for the DUNE neutrino project ⓘ |
| usedFor |
direct dark matter detection
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materials screening for low radioactivity ⓘ neutrinoless double-beta decay searches ⓘ nuclear astrophysics measurements ⓘ rare-event searches ⓘ |
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Subject: Sanford Underground Research Facility Description of subject: The Sanford Underground Research Facility is a deep underground laboratory in South Dakota that hosts major particle physics and astrophysics experiments, including serving as the far-site for the DUNE neutrino project.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Sanford Underground Research Facility
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operatedBy
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Sanford Underground Research Facility
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
Sanford Underground Research Facility, Inc.
Sanford Underground Research Facility
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formerlyPlannedAs
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Sanford Underground Research Facility
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
Deep Underground Science and Engineering Laboratory