Gwyndaf Evans - STFC

Diamond Light Source Ltd.
• “… to build a third generation synchrotron source at
the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory in Oxfordshire
…”
• Funding:
– 86% Government
– 14% The Wellcome Trust
• Cost:
– £235M for Phase I
– £125M for Phase II (2008 – 2011)
• The largest scientific investment in the UK for 30
years
• Phase 1:
– The machine and a suite of 7 (8) beamlines
• Phase 2:
– A further 14 beamlines