Spallation Neutron Source

This article is about the ORNL Spallation Neutron Source, in the US. For other spallation neutron sources, see Spallation § Spallation facilities.
A DOE Office of Science User Facility
Location:Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, United States
Scientific Purpose:Provide unique information about the structure and properties of materials across the spectrum of biology, chemistry, physics, and engineering.
Organization:SNS is part of the ORNL Neutron Sciences Directorate, which also includes the High Flux Isotope Reactor, a steady-state neutron source.
Web site:neutrons.ornl.gov
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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] Each year, the facility hosts hundreds of researchers from universities, national laboratories, and industry, who conduct basic and applied research and technology development using neutrons. SNS is part of Oak Ridge National Laboratory, which is managed by UT-Battelle for the United States Department of Energy (DOE). SNS is a DOE Office of Science user facility,[2] and it is open to scientists and researchers from all over the world.

Aerial view of the Spallation Neutron Source building
  1. ^ In 2007, SNS was entered into the Guinness Book of World Records as the most powerful pulsed spallation source.
  2. ^ User Facilities | U.S. DOE Office of Science (SC)