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The completion of the construction of the ESFRI landmark FAIR is the highest priority of the NuPECC Long Range Plan on the perspectives in Nuclear Physics.
The realization of the Facility for Antiproton and Ion Research at Darmstadt, Germany has advanced significantly. The civil construction the Northern part of the building complex, including the SIS100 synchrotron tunnel is progressing well.
On site, at the GSI campus the upgrade of the existing accelerators, which will serve as injector chain for FAIR, has been completed. The series production of the components of the FAIR accelerator complex is ongoing. A large number of the superconducting SIS100 magnets has been produced and is accepted already. Major testing infrastructures for superconducting magnets have been set-up. The procurement of the components of all other FAIR accelerator systems is progressing well.
Also the construction of the experiment detector systems of the four research pillars of FAIR, APPA, CBM, NUSTAR and PANDA is ongoing. The schedule foresees the start of operation of the FAIR experiments in 2025.
Meanwhile the FAIR-Phase-0 experimental programme e.g. with the upgrades HADES detector is producing exciting data.
The progress of the realization of the FAIR facility and the prospects of its science will be presented.
