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2024.11.26 Hyper-Kamiokande

IN2P3, KEK and UTokyo sign MoU to promote Hyper-Kamiokande Project

The National Institute of Nuclear and Particle Physics in France (IN2P3), High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK) and the University of Tokyo (UTokyo) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU), which aims to promote the Hyper-Kamiokande (HK) international scientific research project, whose main detector has been under construction with plans to start operation in 2027 at Kamioka, Hida City, Gifu Prefecture in Japan. Twenty-two countries showed their interest in participating in this Japan-led project and France is the fifth nation to sign the MoU, following Poland, Spain, Italy and Canada.

UTokyo President FUJII Teruo (left), IN2P3 Director ROY Christelle (center) and KEK Director General ASAI Shoji (right) signing the MoU ©UTokyo, Cyril Frésillon / CNRS Images, KEK

UTokyo President FUJII Teruo, KEK Director General ASAI Shoji, IN2P3 Director ROY Christelle exchanged signatures by post by mid-November of 2024.

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