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+ | ==== Fun facts about FRIB ==== | ||
+ | * Will be the world-leading rare isotope facility, with the most powerful heavy-ion beams | ||
+ | * Accelerates heavy ions to ~50% of the speed of light | ||
+ | * Produces rare isotopes that are radioactive and short-lived; never found on Earth, but stars make them! | ||
+ | * Is expected to discover ~1000 new isotopes (varieties of elements that have never been observed) | ||
+ | * Will serve over 1500 researchers from 50+ countries | ||
+ | * Facility consists of four buildings, 565,000 gross square feet | ||
+ | * Underground tunnel: 570 feet long, 70 feet wide, 13 feet high; floor is 32 feet underground | ||
+ | * Total Project Cost: $730 million, mostly funded by the US Department of Energy Office of Science | ||
+ | * Home to the #1 US nuclear physics graduate program | ||
+ | * Planned to come online in early 2022 | ||
==== Why is the cycstopper standing on end, rather than lying flat like the K500/K1200? ==== | ==== Why is the cycstopper standing on end, rather than lying flat like the K500/K1200? ==== |