ARRA

ARRA Funding at Brookhaven

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory is receiving $260.9 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 that 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

U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu

Secretary Chu Announces 69 Early Career Scientists to Receive up to $85 Million in Funding to Support Research

January 14, 2010

This news release is being issued today by the U.S. Department of Energy. Brookhaven Lab's Adrian Gozar has won a grant from DOE's new Early Career Research Program for his investigation of optical properties of materials at the level of nanometers, or billionths of a meter, to determine their functionality. For more information, contact Diane Greenberg, Brookhaven National Laboratory, 631 344-2347, or greenb@bnl.gov.

NSLS-II

NSLS-II Lab-Office Building Design Near Completion

November 09, 2009

Thanks to American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funding, the design and construction of the lab-office buildings for NSLS-II has been accelerated so that the buildings will be available for occupancy in FY12 – at least a year earlier than originally planned.

NNDC head Michal Herman and former head Pavel Oblozinsky discuss the data at the Center’s Broo

Collaborative Project Will Improve Nuclear Reactor Simulations

October 27, 2009

A collaboration between Brookhaven and Idaho national laboratories will improve the way scientists model the inner workings of nuclear reactors.

First Structural Steel Erected for NSLS-II

First Structural Steel Erected for NSLS-II

September 15, 2009

Ten steel columns were incorporated into the ever-growing framework for the National Synchrotron Light Source II last week, the first structural steel erected for the future 400,000-square-foot facility.

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Funding details

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.

Isotope Program
ARRA funds will support research programs to improve production of a Cu-67, a radioisotope used in cancer treatment and large-scale production of Yt-86 used in medical imaging.

Energy Efficiency Projects
Brookhaven will review proposals in energy efficiency and renewable energy.

Additional Projects
Funds will be applied to RHIC and NSLS upgrades, geothermal technology, advanced technology R&D and subcontracted work from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory.