China upgrades Shanghai synchrotron light source to support sci-tech development

STORY: China upgrades Shanghai synchrotron light source to support sci-tech development SHOOTING TIME: May 14, 2024 DATELINE: May 16, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:48 LOCATION: SHANGHAI, China CATEGORY: SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility (SSRF) 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): TAI RENZHONG, Vice president of the Shanghai Advanced Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Sciences STORYLINE: China has upgraded the Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility (SSRF), a key sci-tech infrastructure to reveal the mysteries of the microscopic world. The construction of upgrades on the SSRF passed the national inspection and acceptance in east China's Shanghai on Wednesday. The SSRF, which resembles a nautilus when viewed from above, was officially opened to users on May 6, 2009 as the first third-generation synchrotron light source in China's mainland. The brightness of the light emitted by the facility is a trillion times higher than that of ordinary X-rays. At the experimental