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由于研究经费削减的影响,终于在英国暴发了一场激烈的辩论:英国科学基础是否已开始不可逆转的衰退。这场辩论的起因,是1991—1992年研究经费预算短缺近4000万英磅(约7500万美元)——占其预算的10％。起关键作用的科学与工程研究委员会已同意一揽子削减。其中包括可能关闭世界著名的达斯伯里实验室——英国主要的核物理中,心从而将使该实验室的核结构设施(NSF)失去150个工作岗位。为使核结构设施运转,科学与工程委员会每年要花费650万英磅。
Due to the impact of the reduction in research funding, finally a fierce debate broke out in the United Kingdom: Has the British scientific foundation started an irreversible recession? The debate was caused by a shortage of nearly 40 million pounds (about 75 million U.S. dollars) in the 1991-1992 budget for research funding - which accounted for 10% of its budget. The Commission on Scientific and Engineering Research, which has played a key role, has agreed to cut back on the package. These include the possibility of shutting down the world-renowned Darthbury Laboratory, a center of Britain's major nuclear physics, which will result in the loss of 150 jobs at the laboratory's nuclear facility (NSF). For the nuclear infrastructure to operate, the Commission for Science and Engineering spends 6.5 million pounds a year.