Facility for Rare Isotope Beams

Michigan State University’s Facility for Rare Isotope Beams would receive the full $90 million requested for continued construction under a spending bill Congress hopes to pass this week to keep the federal government running.

At 6 a.m., work crews began pumping concrete into the 1,500 foot long hole that will one day contain the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams.

It’s a cold day in East Lansing, but many are braving the cold to catch a glimpse of the next major step in a $730 million nuclear physics project.

Hundreds pass the construction site for the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams on MSU's campus each day, but few know exactly the importance of what will happen at the FRIB.

All across Michigan, eyes are on one of the state’s largest construction projects—the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, on the campus of Michigan State University.

The Michigan Chamber's mission statement calls for us to create conditions favorable to job creation and business growth in Michigan. That's why we're pleased to see this summer's construction work of the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams on the campus of Michigan State University following the groundbreaking ceremony in March, as a premier new research facility unfolds and develops right here in mid-Michigan.

In East Lansing, construction continues on a three-quarter billion-dollar research facility that will position Michigan as a major leader in new technologies.

Construction on the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams has been barreling ahead since its groundbreaking in March, putting the project nine weeks ahead of schedule, Conventional Facilities and Infrastructure Deputy Director of FRIB Chris Thronson said.

The Facility for Rare Isotope Beams on Michigan State University’s campus is taking shape in a big way this summer, starting with a concrete pour in late July that used 1,400 cubic pounds of concrete. That’s a lot of concrete.

In July 140 truckloads of concrete arrived at Michigan State University to begin construction of the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams. The under-construction Facility for Rare Isotope Beams at MSU will eventually generate atomic nuclei to be used in nuclear, biomedical, material and soil sciences, among other fields of research.

The construction of a new national facility for nuclear science at Michigan State University is continuing with the addition of 140 truckloads of concrete.

Construction on the FRIB Project is now underway at Michigan State University.

It's a big day for Michigan State University. A rather large concrete pour is taking place this morning at the construction site for the "Facility for Rare Isotope Beams".

A few rain sprinkles didn’t matter. The “big pour” that will produce a portion of the concrete floor of a $730 million nuclear research facility commonly known as the FRIB rumbled to a noisy start around 3 a.m. Wednesday a block west of the Wharton Center on the Michigan State University campus.

The Eclipse Foundation today announced the creation of a new Science Working Group - a global collaboration between industry, academia, and governments to create open source software used in basic scientific research. Founding members of the Eclipse Science Working Group include Oak Ridge National Labs, Diamond Light Source, Lablicate UG, Uppsala University, Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, MARINTEK, Kichwa Coders, Clemson University, Tech'Advantage and IBM.

Included in the list: Michigan State University broke ground on the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams on a cold morning in March. The $730 million nuclear science research project had come through more than five years of intensive planning and design, and nearly a year in limbo as the U.S. Department of Energy sorted out its research priorities.

Calling it the culmination of years of legislation and hard work, the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, better known as FRIB, officially broke ground on Monday on the Michigan State University campus.

A groundbreaking is scheduled for a $730 million physics research facility at Michigan State University.

Michigan’s congressional delegation broke ground on a $730 million physics research facility at Michigan State University on Monday, more than five years after the federal government announced the project.

Michigan's congressional delegation has broken ground for a $730 million physics research facility at Michigan State University.

A groundbreaking is scheduled for a $730 million physics research facility at Michigan State University.

Officials from Michigan State University, U.S. Senators, State Representatives, and others, including Chairman of the MSU Board of Trustees Joel Ferguson, second from left, break ground in East Lansing, Mich. at the future home of the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams at a special groundbreaking ceremony.

Michigan's congressional delegation has broken ground for a $730 million physics research facility at Michigan State University.

Michigan's congressional delegation broke ground on a $730 million physics research facility at Michigan State University on Monday, more than five years after the federal government announced the project.

Michigan's congressional delegation has broken ground for a $730 million physics research facility at Michigan State University.

Michigan's congressional delegation broke ground on a $730 million physics research facility at Michigan State University on Monday, more than five years after the federal government announced the project.

Members of Michigan’s congressional delegation broke ground Monday on a $730 million physics research facility at Michigan State University, more than five years after the federal government announced the project.

The machine at the nucleus of the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams will be a superconducting linear accelerator able to accelerate beams of heavy ions to more than half the speed of light. Those beams will strike a set of graphite targets spinning at 5,000 rotations per minute with enough power to create the same rare isotopes found in the thermonuclear explosions of dying stars.

The machine at the nucleus of the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams will be a superconducting linear accelerator able to accelerate beams of heavy ions to more than half the speed of light. Those beams will strike a set of graphite targets spinning at 5,000 rotations per minute with enough power to create the same rare isotopes found in the thermonuclear explosions of dying stars.

At the beginning of the year, Congress passed an appropriations bill that included a big victory for Michigan, for Michigan State University, for our nation and for science.

Senator Carl Levin reflects on his focus during his remaining term. His remarks included: The Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, a groundbreaking nuclear research facility being established at Michigan State University, reached important milestones.

A massive physics research project at Michigan State University is expected to break ground this spring.

A massive physics research project at Michigan State University is expected to break ground this spring. The Lansing State Journal reports that there is $55 million allocated for the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams in the federal budget. Plans call for more than $160 million in construction costs alone over the next four years.

On a Wednesday morning two years ago, U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu told the Detroit Economic Club that the recently bailed out auto industry “must innovate or be overtaken.”

U.S. Representative Mike Rogers (MI-08) , today announced that the Fiscal Year 2014 Consolidated Appropriations Act contains $55 million in funding for the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB) at Michigan State University.

U.S. Senators Debbie Stabenow and Carl Levin announced the new appropriations bill released today will include their full request for funding for Michigan State University's Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB) project.

It appears as though all systems are go for the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams at Michigan State University.

U.S. Senators Debbie Stabenow and Carl Levin of Michigan announced the new appropriations bill released today will include their full request for funding for Michigan State University’s Facility for Rare Isotopic Beams (FRIB) project.

An omnibus appropriations bill released Monday includes $55 million in funding for Michigan State University’s Facility for Rare Isotopic Beams (FRIB) project.