In the News
External news and journal publications discussing FRIB science.
A top science and technology official in President Barack Obama’s administration was on campus Wednesday to scope out a number of MSU research projects, including a stop at the future site of the $550 million Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, or FRIB.
Recent developments with the forthcoming multimillion dollar Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, or FRIB, bring the project’s researchers closer to answering science’s many unknown and unanswered questions. The U.S. Department of Energy, or DOE, Office of Science, gave the project critical decision 1 approval Wednesday, which establishes the design of the building to house the facility and the next phase’s cost.
The $550-million Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, or FRIB, poses no serious environmental threats to MSU, according to a preliminary assessment of the facility’s potential impact on its surroundings.
