SNS produces neutrons with an accelerator-based system that delivers short (microsecond) proton pulses to a steel target filled with liquid mercury through a process called spallation. Those neutrons are then directed toward state-of-the-art instruments that provide a variety of capabilities to researchers across a broad range of disciplines ...

SNS is a one-of-a-kind research facility that provides the most intense pulsed neutron beams in the world for scientific research and industrial development. SNS produces neutrons with an accelerator-based system that delivers short (microsecond) proton pulses to a target/moderator system, where neutrons are produced by a process called spallation.

Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) is moving forward with plans for a major upgrade to the Spallation Neutron Source (SNS) to add a Second Target Station to address emerging science challenges. Neutron scattering is an essential technique for advancing materials research that supports the US economy and offers solutions to challenges in ...

The Spallation Neutron Source (SNS) is an accelerator-based neutron source facility in the U.S. that provides the most intense pulsed neutron beams in the world for scientific research and industrial development. [1]

2023年7月21日 · The Spallation Neutron Source at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory set a world record when its particle accelerator beam operating power reached 1.7 megawatts, substantially improving on the facility’s original design capability.

HFIR and SNS, two of the world’s most advanced neutron scattering research facilities, offer thirty instruments covering a wide range of science and capabilities. Beam time is granted through the User Program and is free of charge with the condition researchers publish their results, making them available to the scientific community.

ORNL hosts two of the world’s most powerful sources of neutrons for research: the High Flux Isotope Reactor (HFIR) and the Spallation Neutron Source (SNS). Neutrons have no electrical charge, which allows them to easily and safely pass through a sample, revealing information about the material’s structure and properties.

2020年4月1日 · Although SNS is already one of the world's most intense sources of pulsed neutron beams for research, a major upgrade is under way. An upgrade of the facility’s proton accelerator will double its power, and construction of a second target station will add new research capabilities.

The Spallation Neutron Source [1,2], located in Oak Ridge, TN, is a next-generation neutron-scattering facility now under construction by a partnership of six national laboratories. The facility is composed of a high-power particle-accelerator system, a liquid-mercury target-moderator system, and a suite of world-class scientific instruments.

2021年4月28日 · The Spallation Neutron Source at DOE’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory is a world-leading research facility powered by a linear accelerator used to study materials and energy. April 28, 2021, marks 15 years of neutron production since the facility was constructed in …