MSU Facility for Rare Isotope Beams opens its doors to discovery

Michigan State University’s Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB), a user facility for the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science, opened its doors to discovery with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on 2 May. U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. Granholm and MSU President Samuel L. Stanley Jr., M.D., cut the ribbon to officially mark the start of FRIB’s scientific mission.HEAR the speakers’ comments HERE: ·      FRIB Lab Director Thomas Glasmacher (:00)·      MSU President Stanley (2:25)·      Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer (6:40)·      MSU Board of Trustees Chair Dianne Byrum (17:20)·      U.S. Representative Tim Walberg (21:03)·      U.S. Representative Brenda L. Lawrence (26:15)·      U.S. Representative Elissa Slotkin (31:03)·      U.S. Senator Gary Peters (35:09)·      U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow (41:32)·      Secretary Granholm (47:56) About 900 guests attended the ribbon-cutting to celebrate FRIB officially opening for scientific research. FRIB was completed in January, ahead of schedule and on budget. FRIB’s first scientific-user experiments start on 9 May.