BNL“decided to make a machine to study this process and to make two dimensional materials easier,” which would allow scientists to “spend their time on research and not on the process,” she said.

Source: https://tbrnewsmedia.com/bnls-suji-park-creates-2d-nanotechnology-efficiencies-at-the-qpress/

BNL has been a DOE facility in the wake of the elimination of the AEC by the U.S. Congress in 1974 for being in conflict of interest for having two missions, promoting and also regulating nuclear technology.

Source: https://www.opednews.com/articles/The-Dangers-if-Tritium-Danger_Dangerous_EPA-Environmental-Protection-Agency_Fukushima-230805-372.html

Naturally, BNL seized the opportunity to have a little fun with the idea, and they wound up having so much fun that they’ve repeated the tour seven of the last 12 summers.

Source: https://www.iconvsicon.com/2023/01/30/barenaked-ladies-announce-last-summer-on-earth-2023-tour-with-semisonic-five-for-fighting-and-del-amitri/