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RCED-85-96 1 (1985-04-01)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabezp0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Mn-- REPORT BY THE U S ; 0 -, . General Accounting Office DOE's Physics Accelerators: Their Costs And Benefits This report provides an inventory of the Department of Energy's existing and planned high-energy physics and nuclear physics accelerator facilities, identifies their as- sociated costs, and presents information on the benefits being derived from their construction and operation. These facilities are the primary tools used by high-energy and nuclear physicists to learn more about what energy and matter consist of and how their component parts or particles are influenced by the most basic natural forces. Of DOE's $728 million budget for high-energy physics and nuclear physics during fiscal year 1985, about $372.1 million is earmarked for operating 14 DOE-supported accelerator facilities coast-to-coast. DOE's investment in these facilities amounts to about $1.2 billion. If DOE's current plans for adding new facilities are carried out, this investment could grow by about $4.3 billion through fiscal year 1994. Annual facility operating costs will also grow by about $230 million, or an increase of about 60 percent over current costs. The primary benefits gained from DOE's investment in these facilities are new scientific knowledge and the education and training of future physicists. Accor- ding to DOE and accelerator facility officials, accelerator particle beams are also used in other scientific applications and have some medical and industrial applications. GAO/RCED-85-96 APRIL 1. 1985 %)7A 3 '~ '-i C) tT, 2 t I

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