Pacific Northwest National Laboratory has held two separate groundbreaking ceremonies for new research facilities at its Richland, Washington campus.

The first ceremony was held October 20 for the Microbial Molecular Phenotyping Capability facility.

A second ceremony took place October 23 for the M2PC autonomous bioscience facility.

Both events were confirmed in independent industry reports filed October 23. No additional details on construction schedules, cost or operational timelines were included in the published filings.