The Department of Energy‘s Office of Science has awarded $529 million in funding to Michigan State University to continue nuclear science research at the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, MSUToday reported Friday.
Under the five-year cooperative agreement, FRIB will serve as a user facility for DOE-SC to study the properties and fundamental interactions of rare isotopes and nuclear astrophysics and their applications in medicine, homeland security and industry.
FRIB has provided over 200 rare isotope beams for experiments and supported over 500 participants worldwide, including scientists from colleges, universities and national laboratories, since user facility operation commenced in May 2022.
The facility also supports chip testing for advanced semiconductor devices, the harvesting of unused isotopes for use in several fields of study and the development of new technologies for other industries and applications.
