According to the order of Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, the Russian government will allocate 140 billion rubles over 10 years for the construction of the world's first new synchrotron laser accelerator SILA. The project requires the construction of three synchrotron radiation centers in Russia.
It is reported that the synchrotron laser accelerator SILA is expected to cover an area of more than 189,400 square meters and will be put into use in 2033. It is planned to build and build a complete SILA complex, including multiple laboratories, an accelerated storage complex, free electron lasers, a data processing center and other infrastructure.
According to the plan, the relevant equipment will surpass the existing and planned International Synchrotron Radiation Light Sources in terms of technical characteristics, and will contribute to the development of biological and nanotechnology that has not yet been completed. Scientists from the Logunov Institute of High Energy Physics, part of the Kurchatov Institute, will be in charge of the project.