The Joint
Institute for Neutron Sciences
(JINS) was founded by Oak
Ridge National Laboratory
(ORNL) and
the University
of Tennessee (UT) and is
located on the Spallation
Neutron Source (SNS) site
at ORNL. Our goal is to make
JINS an intellectual hub for
the neutron science community,
and we welcome other institutions
who would like to affiliate
with JINS.
With SNS and
an upgraded High
Flux Isotope Reactor (HFIR),
the scientific community now
has access to both state-of-the-art
pulsed and steady-state neutron
sources at one location. JINS
will enhance and support research
using both of these facilities.
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Conceptual
layout of the SNS
site showing the location
of the JINS building in the
lower right.
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JINS is under construction
at the SNS site and is scheduled
for completion in April 2010.
The state of Tennessee provided
the $7.6 million for
its construction.
You can see the completed
Center for Nanophase Materials
Sciences in the background.
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Fellowship
(such as the Clifford
Shull Fellowship) and sabbatical
programs will draw the best
neutron scientists from institutions
all over the world for interactions
with the resident staff and
user communities. Modern computational,
communication, and networking
services will encourage interactive
scientific and video teleconferencing
and provide data acquisition
and analysis capabilities for
resident scholars and their
colleagues around the world. JINS will also
foster joint faculty positions
between ORNL and its university
partners and will assist multi-institutional
research teams using neutron
science to develop new applications. |
