Accelerators Are Key to Groundbreaking Solutions for Medical, Clean Energy, and National Security Challenges
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced $18 million in new funding to advance particle accelerator technology, a critical tool for discovery sciences and optimizing the way we treat medical patients, manufacture electronics and clean energy technologies, and defend the nation against security threats. The new funding also includes $5 million for university-based traineeships that will build a diverse, skilled pipeline of American accelerator scientists and engineers.
“Accelerator-based technologies are all around us, from new medical therapies to ways to make solar panels and we’ve only scratched the surface of their potential to tackle a host of 21