Civil construction on the FRIB Project is quickly approaching beneficial occupancy in March 2017. Read More

The FRIB Scientific Advisory Committee met on 8-9 December at MSU. Read More

The Department of Energy-Office of Science Office of Project Assessment’s review of FRIB was held 6-8 December. The main focus was to assess overall FRIB Project progress toward delivering the baseline since the last review. Read More

The fourteenth meeting of the Accelerator Systems Advisory Committee (ASAC) was held 9 to 11 November. Read More

The Experimental Systems Advisory Committee (ESAC) held a review of FRIB experimental systems 31 October to 2 November. Read More

As civil construction on the FRIB Project advances ahead of schedule, the progress is allowing more technical installations to take place. Read More

On 27 October, the 4.5 Kelvin lower cryogenic cold box was delivered to FRIB. Weighing 100,000 pounds, it was placed horizontally in FRIB’s cold box room. Read More

FRIB construction continues to move ten weeks ahead of schedule, with an increasing number of technical installations enabling technical milestones. Read More

The FRIB Project has reached a new milestone: the extraction of the first ion beam from its Advanced Room-TEMperature Ion Source (ARTEMIS). Read More

FRIB hosted the 28th Linear Accelerator Conference from 25-30 September at MSU. It is the largest international conference dedicated to linear accelerators. Read More

FRIB installed the first of 48 cryomodules into its linear accelerator tunnel. When FRIB is in operation, the accelerator will drive a beam of stable atomic nuclei up to half the speed of light to strike a target area to produce rare isotopes. Read More

The FRIB office tower 3 addition has reached substantial completion, and employees are moving into the new addition. Read More

Civil construction continues 10 weeks ahead of schedule, with an increasing number of technical installations. The vertical cryogenic cold box was installed on 10 August. Read More

Nearly 4,000 members of the public attended the 20 August open house at FRIB and NSCL. The "Rare Access” event included activities, demonstrations, presentations, and tours. Read More

The public is invited to get behind the scenes at FRIB during a public open house scheduled for 1 to 4 p.m. on Saturday, 20 August. Titled “Rare Access,” it will offer the opportunity to learn more about FRIB and view construction progress. Read More

Andrew Rogers from the University of Massachusetts Lowell has been named the first Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB) Visiting Scholar for Experimental Science. Read More

Scientists from across the world came together at the ICNT/JINA-CEE workshop, held in June 2016 at MSU. Read More

The DOE-SC Office of Project Assessment’s review of FRIB was held 28-30 June. The main focus of the review was to assess overall FRIB Project progress since the last review in November 2015, with a focus on our technical progress. Read More

U.S. Representative Mike Bishop toured FRIB today. FRIB Conventional Facilities and Infrastructure Deputy Director Chris Thronson hosted Bishop during his visit, along with MSU Vice President of Governmental Affairs Mark Burnham. Read More

The FRIB office tower addition is advancing quickly toward August 2016 completion. The building is now fully enclosed as glass curtain wall and exterior metal panels have been installed. Read More

The Environmental, Safety and Health Management System audit, which includes the Environmental Management System and the Occupational Health and Safety Assessment Series, was completed 8 June. Read More

The Accelerator Systems Advisory Committee met 24-26 May. The focus of the review was to assess the Accelerator Systems Division’s progress in production of cryomodules, and early installation of front-end and cryogenic equipment. Read More

Construction at the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams continues to advance rapidly, with civil construction still 10 weeks ahead of schedule. Read More

The first U.S. Department of Energy/National Science Foundation annual progress review of the Separator for Capture Reactions (SECAR) recoil separator project took place on 17-18 May. Read More

FRIB hosted a special event on 9 May to recognize the MSU College of Engineering’s contributions to FRIB. Read More

As part of the U.S. Department of Labor’s OSHA National Safety Stand-Down to Prevent Falls in Construction, MSU hosted a stand-down event on the FRIB construction site on 4 May. Read More

The Quality Management System ISO9001 audit concluded 4 May. The certification body, National Sanitation Foundation-International Strategic Registrations (NSF-ISR), had no audit findings. Read More

The Accelerator Systems Division (ASD) at FRIB is carrying forward the schedule float created by the Conventional Facilities and Infrastructure Division (CFID). Read More

A meeting marking the creation of the FRIB Theory Alliance (FRIB-TA) was held on March 31 and April 1 at Michigan State University. Read More

FRIB Homeland Security Officer Melissa Congleton was honored by the MSU Women’s Resource Center as one of the recipients of the 2016 Inspirational Woman of the Year Award. Read More

The FRIB Project has hit a significant milestone—50-percent completion. The project is scheduled for completion in fiscal year 2021. Read More

FRIB will primarily use a 400 kW beam to create rare isotopes. The FRIB Experimental Systems Division has developed a high-power beam dump that uses a rotating water-filled drum to intercept an unreacted beam. Read More