Stanford Linear Accelerator To Offer Tours After Being Closed To Public For 3 Years
STANFORD (KCBS) -- Science fans are cheering the announcement that public tours will once again be given at Stanford's Linear Accelerator Center.
SLAC is a government lab operated by Stanford for the past 50 years. After being closed to the public for three years due to staffing and budget constraints, the public will be able to see the famous facility soon.
"The tours are provided by researchers, scientists, and other staff at SLAC. So, it's a matter of sort of managing that supply and demand," Andrew Gordon with SLAC told KCBS.
Gordon said that the tours last about 90 minutes. After watching a short film, visitors head out on a trek into the facility.
"It's bioscience research, chemistry research, energy research," Gordon said.
Science fans are thrilled about the reopening.
"I think it's terrific. SLAC does some amazing work, and to allow access to the public is a really good idea I think," one Menlo Park resident said.
Three Nobel Prize winning scientists have worked at the accelerator. Tours will begin April 15th.
