– Edited By Chris Reed –
The U.S. Department of Energy is breaking ground on a $73.2 million expansion and renovation at the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility.
The department is holding a ceremony Wednesday to inaugurate the construction phase of the Technology and Engineering Development Facility.
There, scientists and engineers will focus on areas of nuclear physics, accelerator science, applied nuclear science and technology, and advanced superconducting radiofrequency instrumentation.
The department also is modernizing a test lab originally built in the mid-1960s to house NASA's Space Radiation Effects Laboratory.
Construction is expected to be completed by the end of 2011. The test lab renovation should be done by the end of 2012.