Fire at GSI/FAIR
Blog of the Isotopes (noreply@blogger.com)
I got forwarded a press release from the GSI / FAIR facility in Germany describing a "major fire" which happened there yesterday. The fire happened in the "GSI" part - the longstanding facility which has been conducting research in nuclear physics for many years (the SI in GSI is Schwerion = heavy ion). FAIR is the linked site where they are building a new facility, which is apparently unaffected by the fire.
The main piece of specific information in the press release is the UNILAC linear...