Brookhaven National Lab's $3B supercollider gets major state funding
New York officials on Tuesday released the first installment of a $100 million grant to help start construction of a $3 billion supercollider on the Brookhaven National Laboratory campus in Upton.
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“This is a big win for Long Island residents,” including hundreds of union construction workers who will build the collider, federal Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm told several dozen dignitaries during a ceremony at the lab.