10/23/2020
https://msutoday.msu.edu/news/2020/frib-doe-designation-science-user-facility?utm_source=community-letter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=alumni-donors. MSU’s $730 million Facility for Rare Isotope Beams reached a significant milestone recently with its designation by the U.S. Department of Energy as a DOE Office of Science user facility. U.S. Secretary of Energy Dan Brouillette visited us to announce the designation.
The FRIB project started in 2009 and is more than 94% complete. It remains on track for completion in early 2022. More than 1,400 scientific users are expected to conduct research there when user operations start. MSU has the nation’s top-ranked graduate nuclear physics program, and FRIB will help keep the university at the forefront of global nuclear science research and education.
The U.S. Department of Energy has designated the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams at Michigan State University as an Office of Science user facility. U.S. Secretary of Energy Dan Brouillette announced the designation at a special ceremony held outdoors at MSU, under a tent adjacent to FRIB.
