Neutron science research at Oak Ridge National Laboratory is on its way to promising developments in materials science. Neutron scattering techniques provide exceptional tools for studying the structure and dynamics of materials at the molecular level.

With the world's highest flux reactor-based neutron source (the High Flux Isotope Reactor) and the world's most intense pulsed accelerator-based neutron source (the Spallation Neutron Source), ORNL provides neutron scattering capabilities unavailable anywhere else in the world.

Call for Proposals: Proposals for beam time at HFIR and SNS facilities at Oak Ridge National Laboratory will be accepted until noon EST, January 6, 2009. More...

Dec. 23 - SNS EQ-SANS diffractometer receives its first neutrons. More...

Dec. 18 - SNS Powder Diffractometer receives its first neutrons. More...

Oct 9 - First neutrons sent to "Big Bang" beam line at SNS. More...

SNS is operating with beam to target. Power on target at the end of September reached a world record of 630 kW. Operating status...