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Just announced today:

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Science will send $124 million to Pacific Northwest National Laboratory for capital investments and upgrades as part of President Obama’s American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

I’ve made it pretty clear on my personal blog that I’m not a fan of the stimulus plan, but it’s too late now to be complaining about things. If the money leads to new jobs, then fair enough.

The news release breaks down how the $124 million will be spent locally:

· $60 million to accelerate planned capital investments for the Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory. EMSL is a DOE national scientific user facility that addresses complex environmental and other scientific challenges, and has served scientific users from academia, industry and other national laboratories representing all 50 states and nearly 30 countries since it opened in 1997.

· $60 million in capital upgrades for ARM’s Climate Research Facility, another DOE national scientific user facility. The money will be used to improve and expand observational capabilities related to cloud and aerosol properties in efforts to define the role aerosols have in affecting regional climate and atmospheric circulation.

· $4 million in energy equipment upgrades and improvements in three PNNL facilities.

[where: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, 902 Battelle Blvd., Richland, WA 99352]

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