Prehistory
I. Prehistory
In 1965, the United States Joint Committee on Atomic Energy (JCAE) and the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) approved a frontier high energy physics project to develop a 200 giga electron volt (GeV) Accelerator. Although there were other regional and university accelerator laboratories working in high energy physics at this time the JCAE and NAS agreed to start a new laboratory that would address a broader range of investigation by a larger constituency of physicists from across the country and around the world. To manage this national project a new organization, the Universities Research Association, Inc. (URA) was formed that year.
In 1965, the United States Joint Committee on Atomic Energy (JCAE) and the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) approved a frontier high energy physics project to develop a 200 giga electron volt (GeV) Accelerator. Although there were other regional and university accelerator laboratories working in high energy physics at this time the JCAE and NAS agreed to start a new laboratory that would address a broader range of investigation by a larger constituency of physicists from across the country and around the world. To manage this national project a new organization, the Universities Research Association, Inc. (URA) was formed that year.
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