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Nature 410, 399 (22 March 2001) | doi:10.1038/35068687

Israel plans new particle accelerator

Haim Watzman

A new particle accelerator will replace the 40-year-old research reactor at Israel's Soreq Nuclear Research Center by 2006, the government has announced.The $24 million facility will be used primarily as a source of neutrons, including cold neutrons, for materials scientists, structural biologists and other researchers, and for the production of isotopes.