Russia’s Science and Higher Education Minister Valery Falkov expressed his enthusiasm for the possible installation of a Chinese experimental station at the Siberian Ring Photon Source (SKIF Collective Use Center), in an interview with TASS. He had just returned from a working visit to China over Aug. 21-26.
“We recognize and support the keen interest of our Chinese partners in collaborating on Russia’s megascience infrastructure,” Falkov told TASS on Aug. 26. “Such cooperation not only advances our scientific objectives, but also fosters shared progress. We anticipate that a Chinese experimental station could be integrated into the SKIF Collective Use Center, which is currently under construction in Koltsovo. Additionally, we have extended invitations for our partners to participate in the International Center for Neutron Research, based on the PIK high-flux reactor in the Leningrad Region, as well as in initiatives to develop a network of modern synchrotron radiation sources, overseen by the Kurchatov Institute National Research Center.”
The Siberian Ring Source of Photons (SKIF) center for collective use is under construction near the Koltsovo science town in Novosibirsk region, Russia. “SKIF will consist of 30 experimental stations, including 14 to use the emission from plug-in devices and 16 will be placed on beams of bending magnets. The stations will aim at deciphering biopolymers’ structure, mechanisms of functioning of living organisms, the transmission of hereditary information, and the mechanism of action of drugs, as well as at creating new materials, studying rapid processes, etc. SKIF will be the world’s first generation 4+ source of synchronized emission operating in the 3 GeV energy range,” reported Sputnik MediaBank.
