First shielding blocks in staging area, readying for start of FRIB construction
  • 24 January 2012

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Recycled steel shielding blocks (Duratek blocks) are being staged close to FRIB for just-in-time delivery for FRIB construction. The first 18 blocks have been trucked from Energy Solutions in Tennessee to a storage area at a shipping company about 40 miles from MSU. More than 200 of the 10-ton blocks will be used for radiation shielding below the target facility hot cell, the lowest excavated point and one of the earliest areas to be built when civil construction begins.

Michigan State University (MSU) operates the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB) as a user facility for the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science (DOE SC), with financial support from and furthering the mission of the DOE‑SC Office of Nuclear Physics. FRIB is registered to ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 27001, and ISO 45001.
Michigan State University U.S. Department of Energy