Facility for Rare Isotope Beams
| Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB) | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Type | National User Facility |
| Address | 640 South Shaw Lane, East Lansing, MI 48824 |
| Town or city | East Lansing, Michigan |
| Country | United States |
| Coordinates | 42°43'29.2116"N 84°28'25.78"W |
| Completed | June 2022, managing to early completion in fiscal year 2021 |
| Cost | US$730,000,000 |
| Owner | Michigan State University |
| Technical details | |
| Floor area | 220,160 sq ft |
| Design and construction | |
| Architecture firm | SmithGroup JJR |
| Main contractor | Barton Malow |
| Website | |
| FRIB Website | |
The Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB) will be a new scientific accelerator facility for nuclear science, funded by the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science (DOE-SC), Michigan State University (MSU), and the State of Michigan. Under construction on the MSU campus and to be operated by MSU as a DOE-SC national user facility, FRIB will provide intense beams of rare isotopes (that is, short-lived atomic nuclei not normally found on Earth). FRIB will enable scientists to make discoveries about the properties of rare isotopes to advance knowledge in nuclear physics, nuclear astrophysics, fundamental interactions of nuclei, and applications of rare isotopes for society. Construction of the FRIB conventional facilities began in March 2014 and technical construction began in October 2014. FRIB is baselined at a total project cost of $730M and for completion in June 2022; the project team is managing to early completion in fiscal year 2021.
FRIB is expected to provide research opportunities for an international community of university and laboratory scientists, postdoctoral associates, and graduate students. FRIB will provide researchers with the technical capabilities to study the properties of rare isotopes, and to put this knowledge to use in various applications, including in materials science, nuclear medicine, and the fundamental understanding of nuclear material important to nuclear weapons . More than 20 working groups specializing in experimental equipment and scientific topics have been organized through the FRIB Users Organization.
DOE-SC determined that the establishment of a Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB) is a high priority for the future of U.S. nuclear science research. This determination and supporting rationale are reflected in the DOE/National Science Foundation Nuclear Science Advisory Committee’s 2007 Long Range Plan and the 2003 DOE report, "Facilities for the Future of Science: A Twenty-Year Outlook.”
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