The Uk Meis Facility : a New Future

The Medium Energy Ion Scattering facility at the Daresbury Laboratory, one of only a few such facilities in the world, has served the UK community since 1996. It provided a 50-400 keV ion beam and a very comprehensive experimental station where samples could be studied and the energies and angles of the scattered ions measured. It has now closed, but will be be relocated some 50 miles to the University of Huddersfield: it will be recommissioned and should be available to users by the end of 2012. We report on progress, and on the facilities which will be available for users at the new site and under the new management.