Facility for Rare Isotope Beams
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The Facility for Rare Isotopes Beams (FRIB) is a planned national user facility for nuclear science research that will enable scientists to make discoveries about the properties of rare isotopes in order to better understand the physics of nuclei, nuclear astrophysics, fundamental interactions, and applications for society. The $615 million project is funded by the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science, and is being designed and established by Michigan State University
, with construction expected to begin on campus in 2012. It will adjoin and, upon commencement of operations, subsume the National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory
(NSCL) at Michigan State University.
Michigan State University
Michigan State University is a public research university in East Lansing, Michigan, USA. Founded in 1855, it was the pioneer land-grant institution and served as a model for future land-grant colleges in the United States under the 1862 Morrill Act.MSU pioneered the studies of packaging,...
, with construction expected to begin on campus in 2012. It will adjoin and, upon commencement of operations, subsume the National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory
National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory
National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory is located on the campus of Michigan State University and is the leading rare isotope research facility in the United States...
(NSCL) at Michigan State University.