NEWPORT NEWS, Va.
Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility will begin construction in spring of 2009 on a $310 million upgrade of its Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility (CEBAF) in Newport News, Va. The nuclear physics research project will include construction of a fourth experimental hall and a 250-foot extension of the lab's underground accelerator tunnel. Completion is expected in 2015. The project is supported by $75 million in funding from the $1.2 billion allocated to the Department of Energy's Office of Science as part of the $787 billion American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. $65 million will be allocated to the CEBAF renovation and $10 million will be utilized to upgrade other facilities at Jefferson Lab.
