The Facility for Rare Isotope Beams will be used to provide intense beams of rare isotopes for researchers which will lay the groundwork for study in a number of fields, including treating cancer and providing technology for border security.
Michigan State was competing for the facility with the Argonne National Laboratory in the Chicago metro.
“We are proud to have been selected, and we look forward to partnering with the Department of Energy to advance this important science,” said Lou Anna K. Simon, president of Michigan State.
The cutting-edge research facility will advance the understanding of rare nuclear isotopes and the evolution of the cosmos. The new facility, expected to take about a decade to design and build and to cost an estimated $550 million, will provide research opportunities for an international community of about 1,000 university and laboratory scientists, postdoctoral associates and graduate students.
Construction of the facility is expected to begin in 2013.
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