China Spallation Neutron Source project launched  

中国散裂中子源项目东莞动工

记者29日从广东东莞市城建工程管理局获悉，中国单项投资额最大的国家科技基础设施——中国散裂中子源项目已完成招标工作，并于近日动工，合同造价5.249亿元人民币。

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.