T h e b e a m l i n e s a t t h e S P r i n g - 8 F a c i l i t y a r e categorized into four groups as listed below: (1) Public Beamlines, (2) Contract Beamlines, (3) JAERl / RIKEN Beamlines, (4) Accelerator Beam Diagnosis Beamlines. The public beamlines are constructed with the s u p p o r t o f t h e n a t i o n a l b u d g e t , a n d a r e e n t i r e l y o p e n f o r p u b l i c u s e . T h i s c a t e g o r y o f p u b l i c b e a m l i n e s i n c l u d e s t h e R & D b e a m l i n e s , w h i c h w e r e c o n s t r u c t e d f o r t h e p u r p o s e o f d e v e l o p i n g n e w d e v i c e s a n d b e a m l i n e e q u i p m e n t s u c h a s opti cal elem ents , dete ctio n syst ems, and so fort h. Used mainly by SPring-8 staff, the R&D beamlines are also open to public. Now 24 public beamlines are ope rati ona l and ava ila ble for pub lic use . The T r a c e E l e m e n t A n a l y s i s B e a m l i n e , B L 3 7 X U , w i l l soon be completed and ready for public use. The contract beamlines are, on the other hand, f a c i l i t i e s t h a t a r e i n s t a l l e d , o w n e d , o p e r a t e d a n d m a i n t a i n e d b y u n i v e r s i t i e s , c o m p a n i e s a n d o t h e r organizations. Beamline contractors can use their b e a m l i n e a l m o s t e x c l u s i v e l y . H y o g o P r e f e c t u r e took the lead in the contract beamline construction and the Industrial Consortium, Institute for Protein Res ear ch ( Osa ka Uni v. ), the Res ear ch Cen ter for N u c l e a r P h y s i c s ( O s a k a U n i v . ) a n d N a t i o n a l In st it ut e fo r Ma te ri al s Sc ie nc e fo ll ow ed in th at or de r, a f t e r w h i c h t h e f i r s t f o r e i g n c o n t r a c t b e a m l i n e s ( BL 12 B2 a nd BL 12 XU ) we re c on st ru ct ed b y th e As ia a n d P a c i f i c C o u n c i l f o r S c i e n c e a n d T e c h n o l o g y Fig. 2. Beamline Map. N Beamline Map • Insertion Device (6 m) • Insertion Device (30 m) • Bending Magnet Total number of beamline : 62 (61+1) : 34 ( ) : 4 ( ) : 23 ( ) • Others : 1 ( ) BL12XU APCST ID BL12B2 APCST BM BL16XU BL33LEP BL32B2 Laser-Electron Photon BL24XU Hyogo BL16B2 BL15XU WEBRAM National Institute for Materials Science BL11XU JAERI Materials Science II BL14B1 JAERI Materials Science I BL23SU JAERI Actinide Science I BL05 IN BL04B1 High Pressure and High Temperature BL04B2 High Energy X-ray Diffraction BL02B1 Crystal Structure Analysis BL01B1 XAFS BL47XU R&D (1) BL46XU R&D (2) BL45XU RIKEN Structural Biology BL44B2 RIKEN Structural Biology BL44XU Macromolecular Assemblies BL02B2 Powder Diffraction BL08W High Energy Inelastic Scattering Accelerator Beam Diagnosis : Accelerator Beam Diagnosis Beamlines Accelerator Beam Diagnosis BL09XU Nuclear Resonant Scattering BL10XU Extremely Dense State Research Surface and Interface Structures Engineering Science Research BL20B2 Medical and Imaging BL20XU Medical and Imaging BL19LXU RIKEN SR Physics RIKEN Coherent Soft X-ray Spectroscopy BL25SU Soft X-ray Spectroscopy of Solid BL27SU Soft X-ray Photochemistry BL39XU Magnetic Materials BL38B2 BL35XU High Resolution lnelastic Scattering BL29XU RIKEN Coherent X-ray Optics BL40XU High Flux BL40B2 Structural Biology BL41XU Structural Biology : Contract Beamlines : JAERI or RIKEN Beamlines : Public Beamlines BL28B2 White Beam X-ray Diffraction BL38B1 R&D (3) BL37XU Trace Element Analysis BL43 IR Infrared Materials Science BL13XU BL17SU BL22XU JAERI Actinide Science II BL19B2 Institute for Protein Research, Osaka University RCNP, Osaka University Pharmaceutical Consortium Pharmaceutical Consortium : Planned or Under Construction Industrial Consortium ID (SUNBEAM-ID) Industrial Consortium BM (SUNBEAM-BM) BL26B2 BL26B1 RIKEN Structural Genomics I RIKEN Structural Genomics II II I I II I II 117