Japan, which has more than 10 first- and second-generation synchrotron accelerators, has just completed the world's most powerful synchrotron accelerator, which has ring operating energy of 8 GeV. In 1996, Korea also completed its own synchrotron accelerator, with 2 GeV.
已有超過十座同步輻射加速器的日本，剛完工啟用一座能量為世界最高、達八十億電子伏特的同步輻射加速器；韓國一座二十億電子伏特的同步輻射加速器，也已於九六年完工啟用。