Technology:
RIKEN will renovate
its SPring-8, the large-scale reflection facilities with the world highest
level technology of analyzing substances, located in Hyogo Prefecture
with an investment of 40 billion yen. The laboratory will downsize the
electromagnet to narrow down electron beam, increase the brightness of
radiation light by 100 times, and uniform light quality. At the same time, it
will decrease power consumption by 10 megawatts for stable operation because
its activities in summer have been under control after the March 11 disaster of
the nuclear power plant in Fukushima
Prefecture. It plans to
start the renovation in three years after obtaining an approval from the
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. The new
SPring-8 is scheduled for completion in 6-7 years.
Since the SPring-8 started
operation in 1997, it contributed a lot to the development of IGZO and low-fuel
consumption tires. It is urgently required to increase the performance of the
SPring-8 for the research of the next-generation solar batteries and
lithium-ion batteries. In fact, the renovation is indispensable to increase
Japanese competitiveness in electronics, auto, and biotechnology. RIKEN
completed its SACLA for 40 billion yen last year. The new SPring-8 is expected
to cover what cannot be studied by the SACLA.
A tour of SPring-8
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