Neutrons Sciences Directorate at ORNL

Useful Information for NSE Users

Become an NSE User

Contact us for capabilities, experiment design, and development of proposals.

Refer to the NSE Instrument Fact Sheet and the Spin Echo Experiment Guide before writing the proposal.

Submit your proposal

Approved Proposals

You will be notified of an experiment date and will need to confirm the date by replying to the email and the experiment in the IPTS system.

Plan Your Trip

The User Office will contact you about site access and proper training.

You have the option to stay at the ORNL Guest House, which is located on the SNS site.

For complex experiments, two to three users are recommended.

Publish Results

Before publishing, contact us regarding authorship and acknowledgements. The facility acknowledgement statement must be included in all publications.