NASA Space Radiation Laboratory

NASA Space Radiation Laboratory (NSRL)
Established2003
Research typeNuclear physics, material physics and chemistry, environmental and biological research
Budget$34 million USD
LocationUpton, New York
Campus8 km2 (1977 acres)
Operating agency
Brookhaven Science Associates, LLC
Websitehttps://www.bnl.gov/nsrl/about.php

The NASA Space Radiation Laboratory (NSRL, previously called Booster Applications Facility), is a heavy ion beamline research facility; part of the Collider-Accelerator Department of Brookhaven National Laboratory, located in Upton, New York on Long Island. Its primary mission is to use ion beams (H+to Bi83+) to simulate the cosmic ray radiation fields that are more prominent beyond Earth's atmosphere.

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