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Fermi To Get $34.9 Million In Fed Recovery Cash

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Mar 23, 2009 2:48 pm US/Central

Fermi To Get $34.9 Million In Fed Recovery Cash

BATAVIA, Ill. (Sun-Times Media Wire) ― Fermi National Accelerator Lab in Batavia will receive $34.9 million of federal money, made available through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

Sen. Dick Durbin and Rep. Bill Foster, himself a former Fermilab employee, announced the new funding Monday morning, and said $25 million of it will go towards infrastructure projects in the lab's central computer center, and $9.9 million would pay for the construction of a new device to advance the lab's ongoing neutrino research.

With these projects, Foster and Durbin said, will come new jobs for Fox Valley workers.

Argonne National Laboratory will also receive $13.1 million, for equipment replacement and other projects.

"This sends a very strong signal that the Department of Energy believes in the future of Fermilab and Argonne," Foster said.

(Source: Sun-Times Media Wire © Chicago Sun-Times 2009. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.)

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