Interactions News Wire #43-09
5 August 2009 http://www.interactions.org
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Source: Fermilab
Content: Press Release
Date Issued: 5 August 2009
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Fermilab to Receive Additional $60.2 Million in Recovery Act Funding for High Energy Physics

Funds are part of more than $327 million in new Recovery Act funding to be disbursed by Department of Energy's Office of Science

Batavia, Ill. - In the latest installment of funding from the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, DOE's Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory will receive an additional $60.2 million to support research toward next generation particle accelerators and preliminary design for a future neutrino experiment.

The new funds are part of more than $327 million announced by Energy Secretary Steven Chu on Tuesday from funding allocated under the Recovery Act to DOE's Office of Science. Of these funds, $220 million will go toward scientific research, instrumentation and laboratory infrastructure projects at DOE national laboratories.

"The new initiatives will help the U.S. maintain its scientific leadership and economic competitiveness while creating new jobs," said Energy Secretary Steven Chu. "The projects provide vital funding and new tools for research aimed at strengthening America's energy security and tackling some of science's toughest challenges."

Taking the stimulus funds announced earlier this year into account, the Recovery Act provides more than $100 million in funding to Fermilab.

Fermilab is investing the funds in critical scientific infrastructure to strengthen the nation's global scientific leadership as well as to provide immediate economic relief to local communities. Out of the additional $60.2 million, the laboratory will devote $52.7 million to research on next-generation accelerators using superconducting radio frequency technology. This technology provides a highly efficient way to accelerate beams of particles with potential applications in medicine, energy and material science. Fermilab will use the remaining $7.5 million for preliminary design for a future neutrino experiment.

With this final round of projects, the Obama Administration has now approved projects covering the full $1.6 billion that the DOE Office of Science received from Congress under the Recovery Act.

"The Recovery Act funding will put our neighbors and fellow Americans to work," said Fermilab Director Pier Oddone. "We are investing the funds in local firms and other U.S. companies who will be our partners in strengthening the nation's scientific leadership."

More information about Fermilab and the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act is available at http://www.fnal.gov/recovery/

DOE's news release is available at http://www.energy.gov/news2009/7737.htm

Media contacts:
Judy Jackson, Fermilab Office of Communication, +1-630-840-3351,
jjackson@fnal.gov

Elizabeth Clements, Fermilab Office of Communication, +1-630-840-3351,
lizzie@fnal.gov

Images and graphics about the Recovery Act at Fermilab are available at:
http://www.fnal.gov/pub/recovery/gallery/