Argonne National Laboratory gets $99 million
Posted March 30, 2009 11:00 pm
WASHINGTON -- Argonne National Laboratory is set to receive a $99 million stimulus boost to help accelerate environmental cleanup work.
The funding for the lab near Darien was announced Tuesday. It's the second significant injection of stimulus cash for the facility.
Last week Sen. Richard Durbin and Rep. Bill Foster announced the lab would receive $13.1 million to upgrade and replace major electrical switches and equipment.
Durbin and fellow Democratic Sen. Roland Burris say the funding will speed up needed work at the lab and create jobs.
The funding comes from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act and is a portion of about $6 billion in new funding being dispensed by the Department of Energy.