China will build „National labs“ in Beijing and Shanghai

Oct 19, 2016

Work on the ¥10bn ($1.5bn) Beijing-based laboratory will start early next year, while the Shanghai-based laboratory recently received approval from government funding agencies. Covering an area of 13 km2 on the outskirts of Beijing, the new national lab will comprise...

Spallation neutron source will open in March 2018

Oct 19, 2016

While nuclear reactors such as the China Advanced Research Reactor in Beijing provide neutrons for researchers, the country lacks a spallation neutron source for materias testing. The China Spallation Neutron Source presently built near Beijing consists of a 200m-long...