The RHIC status update
- Brookhaven National Lab., Upton, NY (United States)
The construction of the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) began in 1991, with the completion date originally scheduled for 1997. Significant reduction of the funding levels in FY 1993 and 1994, and the funding level cap for FY 1995 and later years caused a 19-month stretchout of the construction period to the second quarter of FY 1999, and an increase of the total estimated cost (TEC) to $475 M. The Project, therefore, is now at the halfway mark of the construction period with actual cost and schedule performance tracking close to the DOE-approved baseline. Construction funding through FY 1994 reached close to 60% of the TEC. Incidentally, if one adds the current value of preexisting facilities which will be incorporated into RHIC, such as the injection system (Tandem Van de Graaff - the Booster - the AGS), the esixting 3.8 km tunnel, the 24 kW helium refrigerator, etc., the total value of the RHIC facility, when completed, will reach one billion dollars, if not more. The accelerator lattice design was finalized in 1992 after an intensive study was made to optimize the collider design for performance, operational flexibility, and value engineering. The civil construciton, including the collider enclosure, magnet access ports to the ring tunnel, and six service buildings for accelerator power supplies and cryogenic control boxes was completed.
- Research Organization:
- Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
- OSTI ID:
- 114704
- Report Number(s):
- UCRL-ID-121571; CONF-950198-; ON: DE95015976; TRN: 95:022776
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Physics with the collider detectors at Relavitistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) and the LHC, Livermore, CA (United States), 8 Jan 1995; Other Information: PBD: 15 Jul 1995; Related Information: Is Part Of Physics with the collider detectors at RHIC and the LHC; Thomas, J.; Hallman, T. [eds.]; PB: 212 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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