Other important steps necessary for the globally unique multifunction laser centre, ELI Beamlines, to be created in Dolní Břežany near Prague were taken by the Institute of Physics of the ASCR. On Friday, 24 May 2013, the winner of the competition for the contractors of the main phase of the building of the laser centre, the group of Metrostav, VCES and OHL ŽS, was presented at the headquarters of the Academy of Sciences of the CR in Prague. The new key partner of the project was also announced – the first-class American research centre, the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. American specialists in cooperation with Czech colleagues will develop a unique laser system worth CZK 1.1 billion. For more information, see the press release.
28 May 2013
