NSRRC Activity Report 2023

About the National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center Located in Hsinchu Science Park, the National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center (NSRRC) is a non-pro t research organization, funded by Taiwan’s National Science and Technology Council (NSTC). NSRRC currently operates two synchrotron light sources, named Taiwan Light Source (TLS) and Taiwan Photon Source (TPS), and provides users world- wide with 38 beamlines (as of December 2023) including two Taiwanese contract beamlines at SPring-8. TLS, of beam energy 1.5 GeV and circumference 120 m, is the rst third-generation synchrotron light source facility established in Asia and the third globally. It comprises 21 beamlines and over 50 experimental stations, and began user operation in 1993. TPS, of circumference 518.4 m, is equipped with a low-emittance synchrotron storage ring and a booster synchrotron of energy 3 GeV. It has a capacity of about 40 beamlines; 15 beamlines are now opened to users. As one of the brightest mid-energy synchrotron light sources in the world, TPS not only accelerates scienti c progress but also opens research with synchrotron radiation to more diverse elds, especially biomedicine and nanoscience technologies. In 2023, over 2,800 users used NSRRC’s experimental facilities. For more information about the NSRRC, see www.nsrrc.org.tw.