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
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.
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
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.
Renewable Energy Research and New Jobs
September 04, 2009
With $18 million in Recovery Act funding, site preparation has begun for a new state-of-the-art energy research facility at the U.S. Dept. of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Newsclips
NY: Brookhaven National Laboratory Gives Green Light to New Light Lab's Contractor
New York Construction, 10/21/2009
Groundbreaking for new Brookhaven National Lab facility
Newsday, 6/16/2009
Stimulus funds to aid dismantling of Brookhaven reactors
Newsday, 5/4/2009
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.
