Homestake Mine has been chosen for a federally funded underground lab.
The National Science Foundation has chosen South Dakota’s closed Homestake Gold Mine to house a federally funded underground physics lab.
South Dakota Gov. Mike Rounds has scheduled a news conference at the mine for 3 p.m. MDT Tuesday. In a news release Tuesday morning he and members of the state Congressional delegation congratulated efforts to bring the lab to the state.
Sen. John Thune, Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin and a representative from Sen. Tim Johnson's office will also be present at the press conference.
“This is great news for science and of course for South Dakota and the region. The NSF site selection process was rigorous and fair. On behalf of the citizens of South Dakota, Dr. Lesko and I encourage and welcome collaboration members from the other three sites to join with us in making the Sanford Underground Science and Engineering Laboratory a world class laboratory. My hope is that the tremendous talent and wealth of ideas proposed by all of the scientists will come together for the advancement of science,” said Rounds.
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