President Tsai Ing-wen says the unveiling of Taiwan Photon Source (TPS) is the pride of Taiwan. She was speaking Monday at a ceremony organized by the National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center.
According to the center, TPS will offer one of the world's brightest synchrotron x-ray sources. It will help advance scientific research in cutting-edge experimental facilities.
President Tsai called the unveiling an exciting moment for Taiwan because it will enable scientists to better control natural phenomena that were unseen and unmeasured in the past.
Tsai said the unveiling was also very moving, because Taiwan Photon Source (TPS) is the biggest inter-disciplinary, high-end research facility ever to be completely designed and built by Taiwan.
The president said TPS will play a major role in R&D in the areas of green technology, biomedicine and intelligent machinery.