First Beam at 1 km Building
June 2, 2000
SPring-8 succeeded in threading x-ray photon beam through 1 km vacuum duct on June 2, 2000, at RIKEN Physics Beamline (BL29XU). Monochromatized x-rays were guided to 1 km experimental station at 23:13, after 20 min from the start of optics alignment.
X-ray beam image on a fluorescent screen placed in the 1 km experimental hutch
1 km Beamline at SPring-8 (BL29XU)
First opening the shutter.
Looking into monitor, but.... 
Check beam potion at the aperture downstream of the experimental hutch 1.
Try again, ....
Beam image appeared on the monitor screen.
Commissioning membersTetsuya Ishikawa, Optics Group Leader, SPring-8