Suharyo Sumowidagdo
Thu, 20 Nov 2008 07:35:28 -0800
Thanks buat updatenya. Saya baru tahu sekarang ! Kita-kita sebenarnya bisa menarik pelajaran dari ini: Dana yang berlimpah bukan syarat bahwa sebuah proyek iptek akan sukses. Jadi dana merupakan syarat perlu tapi bukan syarat cukup (necessary but insufficient). Dari berita ini tampak bahwa lobi politik dari SESAME belum berhasil membujuk Arab Saudi untuk turut serta dalam proyek SESAME.
Ada liputan juga dari BBC yang menunjukkan bahwa sebenarnya masyarakat di Timur Tengah memiliki dana untuk membangun fasilitas ini, namun hanya masalah prioritas dan kesadaran masyarakatnya yang belum ada. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7723168.stm Jordania sendiri dalam kasus ini tidak bisa memberikan tambahan dana, karena halangan politik: Jika Jordania memberikan tambahan dana, proyeknya akan menjadi proyek nasional Jordania dan bukan lagi proyek internasional negara-negara Timur Tengah. --- In fisika_indonesia@yahoogroups.com, "Rasahgelo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Middle East synchrotron on the lookout for funds > Jordan facility needs final donations to construct machine. > > Declan Butler > <http://www.nature.com/news/author/Declan+Butler/index.html> > > The Middle East's first synchrotron facility, a collaborative effort > intended to promote peace through international scientific cooperation, > formally opened its doors on 3 November in Allan, Jordan. But unless the > project can plug a 15-million (US$19-million) shortfall, the > machine's completion risks being stalled. > > Following a flurry of behind-the-scenes discussions, officials are > confident that they will find the money. The facility's inauguration at > Al-Balqa Applied University may have helped: when ministers and other > representatives finally saw the buildings, and the beamlines and other > machinery being installed, it had "a big psychological impact," says > Herwig Schopper, who retired as head of the project council on 4 > November. > [Open SESAME? The facility in Jordan awaits further funding.] Open > SESAME? The facility in Jordan awaits further funding. > The idea of a synchrotron as a bridge for peace in the Middle East was > first proposed in 1997; two years later, SESAME (Synchrotron-light for > Experimental Science and Applications in the Middle East) launched as an > autonomous international research organization, under the auspices of > the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization > (UNESCO). It is modelled on CERN, Europe's particle-accelerator centre > near Geneva, Switzerland. Jordan won the bid to host it. > > Most of SESAME's technical equipment comes from donations from > facilities being replaced or upgraded elsewhere. Its 0.8 > gigaelectronvolt (GeV) injector system comes from BESSY I in Berlin, > Germany, and entire beamlines from the Daresbury Synchrotron Radiation > Source in the UK, the Laboratoire pour l'Utilisation du Rayonnement > Électromagnétique (LURE) in Orsay, France, and the Swiss Light > Source in Villigen. In addition, powerful magnets and other equipment > are being loaned by the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and the > SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, both in California. SESAME is > supposed to be completed by 2011, with a price tag of roughly $100 > million, which includes labour and the value of donated parts, says > Chris Llewellyn-Smith, the new head of the SESAME council. > > But instead of the 1 GeV machine initially proposed for the site, SESAME > members decided several years ago to opt for an ambitious 2.5 GeV > machine, comparable to new third-generation sources elsewhere. The > project members Bahrain, Cyprus, Egypt, Israel, Iran, Jordan, > Pakistan, the Palestinian Authority and Turkey agreed to pay for > the increase in operational costs, which will rise progressively from > $1.3 million to $5 million annually over the next four years. The > problem is funding the capital costs of the 2.5 GeV storage ring. > > Several possible solutions seem to be emerging. Jordan is said to be > offering a loan to prevent delays. As the host country, it has already > contributed more than $25 million in land, buildings and overheads, and > cannot donate more directly without effectively making SESAME a national > project. > Sources close to the discussions say that Iran is contemplating offering > to build those parts of the ring for which it has the technical > capacity. This would represent a big reduction in the 15-million > gap. Qatar, a small but wealthy country, seems likely to join the > project, as does Iraq, and possibly other countries in the region. But > the wealthiest country in the area, Saudi Arabia, has so far declined to > join, because it does not collaborate with countries with which it does > not have diplomatic relations and that includes SESAME member > Israel. > Llewellyn-Smith says he will also approach philanthropies and wealthy > individuals. "It's obvious to anyone who goes to SESAME now that this is > going to happen," he says. "We need to ensure it's finished quickly, and > that the scientific project is first-rate." > > > > ------------------------------------ =============================================================== ** Arsip : http://members.tripod.com/~fisika/ ** Ingin Berhenti : silahkan mengirim email kosong ke : <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> =============================================================== Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/fisika_indonesia/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/fisika_indonesia/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/