Current Status
In 2007, the European XFEL project was officially launched and the European XFEL GmbH that will build and operate the facility has been founded in 2009. Civil construction of the facility began on 8 January 2009. Construction of the tunnels was completed in summer 2012. The overall cost for the construction and commissioning of the facility is as of 2009 estimated at 1082 million Euros (price levels of 2005).
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