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Since the majority of accelerators of this type are actually not used for nuclear physics (see the % breakdown in the [[particle accelerator]]s article "Uses" section), I think this title might be more accurate. If we want to limit the scope to machines used for physics research, it may be OK as it stands. [[User:Wwheaton|Wwheaton]] ([[User talk:Wwheaton|talk]]) 16:49, 9 April 2010 (UTC)
:Nuclear is implying they are accelerating nuclei, not that they are used for nuclear physics. Ion implantation and radiotherapy are using nuclear beams. There is a reasonable discussion of this in the introduction, but I should grab the numbers from the particle page and syndicate them here where its relevant. So that point might be cleared up. It was mainly that I didn't call it a generic 'particle' accelerator because they are used for accelerating ions. Some redirects could be useful, and I'm not opposed to changing the name of the page, but since a majority are accelerating nuclei, then grouping in other kinds of particles doesn't make a lot of sense. The name can involve DC, for example [[User:DAID|DAID]] ([[User talk:DAID|talk]]) 23:56, 9 April 2010 (UTC)
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