Intention of Four Local Governments Including Gangwon to Host the Bangsa-gwang Accelerator

▲ Fourth-generation synchrotron radiation accelerator installed at Pohang Accelerator Laboratory. It consists of a 1.1 km straight line.

[Asia Economy Reporter Hwang Junho] The Ministry of Science and ICT announced on the 9th that four local governments have submitted letters of intent to host the site for the multipurpose synchrotron accelerator construction project, which can support R&D across various industries.

By the deadline of 6 p.m. on the 8th, four local governments?Gangwon Province-Chuncheon City, Gyeongsangbuk Province-Pohang City, Jeollanam Province-Naju City, and Chungcheongbuk Province-Cheongju City?submitted their letters of intent.

The local governments that submitted letters of intent must submit geological survey reports by the 21st and hosting plans by the 29th to complete their applications. Afterwards, the Ministry of Science and ICT will conduct evaluations through the site selection evaluation committee to finalize the site.

The Ministry of Science and ICT stated that since the four candidate regions have been designated as evaluation targets, it plans to actively support the site selection evaluation committee to select the optimal site.

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