VUV and soft X-ray light source "New SUBARU"

The main facility of the New SUBARU project is the 1.5 GeV electron storage ring which is under construction at the SPring-8 site in Harima Science Garden City. The first beam commissioning from the Spring-8 LINAC is scheduled at the end of March, 1998. The aim of new SUBARU is to promote industrial activities in the local area (Hyogo prefecture) and to develop experimental investigations for new light sources.