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New Haven, CT., U.S.A. 



A. W. WRIGHT NUCLEAR STRUCTURE LABORATORY 

 Yale University 

 U.S. Dept. of Energy 



"Big Science" Descriptor ; Nuclear physics 



Description of Facility/Instrument : This Is a MP class Tandem Van 

 de Graaff accelerator Improved to 13.5 million volts. The ac- 

 celerator vrlll be removed from operation In June 1985 to permit 

 conversion to an ESTU class tandem, operating with terminal 

 potential up to 22.5 million volts. The Wright Nuclear Structure 

 Laboratory has a broad program of study of nuclear phenomena 

 ranging from the most fundamental to highly applied research. 



Date of Construction ; MP 1962-66, ESTU 1985-86 



Construction Cost ; 198A $$ : $38 million (estimated replacement 

 cost) 



Present International Cooperation 



Natlonallty(8) of Ownership ; U.S. 



Nationallty(s) of Operational Funding : U.S. 



Natlonallty(8) of Management Staff ; U.S. 



Natlonallty(s) of Researchers : A representative list Includes 



U.S., Israel, Turkey, Italy, France, the United Kingdom, the 

 Federal Republic of Germany, the Netherlands, the People's 

 Republic of China, Taiwan, Australia, Japan, Canada, Lebanon, 

 and Ireland 



More than 95 percent of researchers working at DOE nu- 

 clear physics accelerators are from U.S. Institutions. On 

 approximately equal and reciprocal bases, U.S. nuclear sci- 

 entists use foreign facilities. 



Potential for Future International Cooperation ; This facility is 

 dedicated to the educational use of Yale University. 



