DOE pulls plug on SSC contractor

Journal Article · Fri Aug 13 00:00:00 EDT 1993 · Science (Washington, D.C.); (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1126/science.261.5123.822· OSTI ID:5393023

Anderson, C

From the start, the Superconducting Super Collider (SSC) has been an academic project in every sense: designed, built, and eventually to be operated by companies and researchers working under a consortium of 79 universities called Universities Research Association (URA). No longer. Last week, Energy Secretary Hazel O'Leary took the job of building the $11 billion accelerator away from URA and announced plans to give it to a company more experienced with large construction projects. Clinton Administration officials hope that the change, which followed highly publicized investigations into URA's accounting and management procedures, will help convince the Senate to vote next month to preserve the accelerator and the House of Representatives to reverse its earlier vote to kill the project.

• OSTI ID: 5393023
• Journal Information: Science (Washington, D.C.); (United States), Vol. 261:5123; ISSN 0036-8075
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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