International Physics Labs

The recently established council of representatives of European states for planning an international laboratory and organizing other forms of cooperation in nuclear physics has approved a report calling for construction of a 600 Mev synchrocyclotron and a bevatron designed to operate in the 10 billion volt region. The yearly expenses during the construction of the machines and laboratory are estimated at a total of $3,500,000 for seven years to be contributed by member governments. After the seventh year it is expected that the laboratory will require a yearly operating budget amounting to a maximum of one million dollars.