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Joint Institute Breaks Ground on Expansion, International Partnership

KNOXVILLE, Jan. 23, 2008 — Twenty-five years after its founding, a joint research center in East Tennessee is taking on new growth and capabilities that will impact America's energy and security future.

The Joint Institute for Heavy Ion Research (JIHIR), founded in 1982, is a partnership between the University of Tennessee, Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Vanderbilt University.

For more information visit: http://www.utk.edu/news/article.php?id=4401