China Spallation Neutron Source project launched  

中國散裂中子源項目東莞動工

記者29日從廣東東莞市城建工程管理局獲悉，中國單項投資額最大的國家科技基礎設施——中國散裂中子源項目已完成招標工作，并于近日動工，合同造價5.249億元人民幣。

Dongguan (CNS) -- The China Spallation Neutron Source, China's most expensive project under the National Science and Technology Infrastructure program, has been launched in Dongguan, Guangdong Province, according to the Dongguan Urban Engineering Construction Administration Bureau on Tuesday.

The project's contracted cost is 524.9 million yuan (US$82.6 million) and will include China's first spallation neutron source to assist studies of physics, chemistry, life sciences, materials science, nanoscience, medical science, national defense and new generation nuclear power development.

By its expected completion in 2018, the project will fill China's gap in the application of pulsed neutrons. Only the U.S., the U.K. and Japan own such advanced technology so far.