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Facilities
 The Los Alamos National Laboratory has produced radioactive isotopes for medicine and research. IPF at LANSCE supplies a wide range of radioisotopes to medical researchers and other scientists all over the world and has been a leader in developing and producing new and unique isotopes for research and development.
 The Lujan Neutron Scattering Center employs a pulsed spallation neutron source equipped with time-of-flight spectrometers for neutron scattering studies of condensed-matter. Neutron scattering is a powerful technique for probing the microscopic structure and dynamics of condensed matter and is used in materials science, engineering, condensed matter physics, chemistry, biology, and geology.
 When completed, the Materials Test Station at the Los Alamos Neutron Science Center will meet mission need. MTS will provide the only fast-reactor-like irradiation capability outside of Russia and Asia. MTS will provide policy makers with the information they need to make decisions regarding the future of U.S. nuclear power, sustainable energy, environmental stewardship, and nuclear waste disposal.
 The proton radiography project has used 800 MeV protons provided by the LANSCE accelerator facility at LANL, to diagnose more than 300 dynamic experiments in support of national and international weapons science and stockpile stewardship programs.
 Researchers working at the Los Alamos Neutron Science Center and eight other member institutions of an international collaboration are constructing the most intense source of ultra-cold neutrons in the world, measuring ultra-cold neutron production in their new source for the first time. The ultra-cold neutron extraction port at LANSCE delivers neutrons from the new ultra-cold neutron source for experiments that could answer questions about the fundamental constants of nature and aid in the quest for new particles.
 The Weapons Neutron Research Facility (WNR) provides neutron and proton beams for basic, applied, and defense-related research. Neutron beams with energies ranging from about 0.1 MeV to more than 600 MeV are produced in Target 4 (an unmoderated tungsten spallation source) using the 800 MeV proton beam from the LANSCE linac. In the Target-2 area (Blue Room) samples can be exposed to the direct 800 MeV proton beam.
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