The forthcoming Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, or FRIB, received critical decision 1 approval Wednesday from the U.S. Department of Energy, which establishes the design of the building to house the facility and the next phase’s cost.
With this approval, preliminary design on the facility will take shape during fiscal year 2011-12. That phase is expected to cost about $55 million, said Alex Parsons, FRIB project communications manager.
Construction on the facility is expected to be complete near the end of the decade at a total cost of $550 million.
“We’re pleased that we got this approved and that we can continue to design this effort at MSU,” Parsons said.
In the coming years, the facility will be used to research various topics of advanced science, he said.
“The effort will exist to help scientists continue to study rare isotopes (for) applications in medicine, nuclear theory and other areas of study,” Parsons said.
To see an artist’s rendering of the building design, click here.
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