Illinois Accelerator Research Center
The IARC Facility
Located in the heart of the industrial area of the Fermi lab campus, IARC will consist of 36, 000 square feet of heavy assembly, technical, and office space in the existing heavy industrial building plus an additional 47,000 square feet of technical, office and educational space in the State funded addition. The resulting 83,000 square foot IARC complex will provide space and infrastructure for scientists and engineers from Fermi lab, DOE’s Argonne National Laboratory, local universities and industrial partners to turn new ideas in accelerator technology into viable commercial products.
In addition to the office and classroom space, IARC will have areas for test accelerators, cryogenics infrastructure, temperature controlled work spaces, high capacity electrical power systems and industrial cooling water. Private industry clients will be encouraged to use the facility.
Fermilab is a national laboratory supported by the Office of Science of the U.S. Department of Energy, operated under contract by Fermi Research Alliance, LLC. DOE’s Office of Science is the single largest supporter of basic research in the physical sciences in the Unites States, and is working to address some of the most pressing challenges of our time. For more information, please visit the Office of Science website at science.energy.gov.
IARC will be optimized for the development of advanced accelerator technology and will be a model of energy-efficient construction.