EMI Concerns Force Research Facility to Consider Relocation

The University of Minnesota Board of Regents will consider a $21.4-million project to move the university’s Nuclear Magnetic Resonance facility away from a Central Corridor light-rail line, which is expected to begin construction next spring. The research facility, which would be located barely 30 feet away from the rail line, houses sensitive equipment and will be unable to perform experiments with the increased electromagnetic interference and vibrations that construction and future light rail will bring, university officials say. Read more from the Minnesota Daily.RELATED STORIESLight Rail Planners, University Hold Closed-Door Sessions on EMILight Rail May Force Relocation of Research LabWith Money at Risk, Groups Aim to Resolve Rail Line EMI IssuesUniversity Sues over Proposed Light Rail ProjectUniversity Fears EMI from Proposed Light-Rail Project