Michigan State University began
expanding its nuclear science facilities this spring with the commencement of construction
on the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB).
MSU is currently home to the
largest campus-based nuclear science facility in the United States known as the
National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory (NSCL),
and is nationally ranked No.1 in nuclear physics graduate education, according
to U.S.
News & World Report.
According to the official
Website for FRIB, the facility will allow scientists to make breakthroughs regarding the
properties of rare isotopes to better understand the physics behind them and their
applications in society.
The facility began construction March
of this year following the Department of Energy Office of Science (DOE-SC) approval in accordance the with
passing of the 2014 federal budget United States government that allotted $55
million to support FRIB construction in the coming year, according to the
website.
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