April 06, 2006

Brookhaven heavy ion collider tour set for August

Brookhaven National Laboratory has announced its Summer Sunday schedule, culminating with an August 20 public tour of its relativistic heavy ion collider.

Normally closed to the public, Brookhaven is a U.S. Department of Energy site open to the public for seven Sundays beginning July 9, with a different theme scheduled for each week. All events are free.

The lab employs about 3,000 scientists, engineers and technicians and has produced work resulting in six Nobel prizes.

Brookhaven National Laboratory is located about an hour from Manhattan on William Floyd Parkway, County Road 46, north of Exit 68 of the Long Island Expressway, map. Unfortunately there's no good public transportation to the lab and the closest train station is Yaphank, served by the Long Island Rail Road.

April 6, 2006 05:29 PM in Cheap Stuff, Kids, Out of Manhattan

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