Concrete pouring operations begin at the National Synchrotron Light Source II Project.
The U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory is receiving $184.3 million in new science funding from President Obama’s American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, principally to accelerate construction of the National Synchrotron Light Source II (NSLS-II), a new $912 million project which began construction in 2009. The funds are part of $1.2 billion announced by Secretary of Energy Steven Chu from funding allocated under the Recovery Act to DOE’s Office of Science. The funds will support an array of Office of Science-sponsored construction, laboratory infrastructure, and research projects across the nation.
Releases & Features
Recovery Act Pushes High-Field Magnet Development Forward
August 25, 2009
With stimulus funds in hand, a collaboration of national laboratories, universities, and industry is testing a new material that could revolutionize the superconducting magnet field.
NSLS-II Featured in DOE’s ARRA Newsletter
August 12, 2009
NSLS-II construction is the lead story in the inaugural issue of the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act Newsletter, published by the DOE Office of Science.
Obama Administration Announces More Than $327 Million in Recovery Act Funding for Science Research
August 04, 2009
U.S Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu has announced that more than $327 million in new funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act will go toward scientific research, instrumentation, and laboratory infrastructure projects.
Obama Administration Announces $85 Million in Recovery Act Funding for Early Career Scientists’ Research
July 17, 2009
U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced today that up to $85 million in funding under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act will be awarded in early 2010 to support at least 50 early career researchers for five years at U.S. academic institutions and DOE national laboratories.
Newsclips
Groundbreaking for new Brookhaven National Lab facility
Newsday, 6/16/2009
Stimulus funds to aid dismantling of Brookhaven reactors
Newsday, 5/4/2009
Energizing Science
Chemical and Engineering News, 4/13/2009
Brookhaven Projects
NSLS-II construction
When built, NSLS-II will be the brightest x-ray source in the world, helping
to drive abundant, safe, and clean energy technologies.
Interdisciplinary Science Building
Funding will go toward construction of a new building that will house
instruments for research in solar energy, biofuels, solid
state lighting, and superconductivity.
Building upgrades
Funds will be used for roofing, mechanical, and electrical upgrades and fire protection to several
key science buildings.
PHENIX equipment at RHIC
Upgrades to the PHENIX detector will improve its performance.
Environmental Cleanup
Funds will be applied to environmental cleanup and decommissioning of the High Flux Beam Reactor and Brookhaven Graphite
Research Reactor.
