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ABOUT US 2008 ANNUAL REPORT
ORNL Neutron Sciences
ORNL has a long history in neutron scattering. In
fact, the field was pioneered at ORNL in 1946 by
Clifford G. Shull. Shull went on to be a corecipient
of the 1994 Nobel Prize in Physics for his groundbreaking
work. Today, ORNL is becoming a preferred
destination for neutron scattering research,
where scientific advancements at these state-of-theart
facilities will continue for years to come.
ORNL NEUTRON SCIENCES neutrons.ornl.gov
ORNL operates two of the world’s
most advanced neutron scattering
research facilities: the Spallation
Neutron Source and the High
Flux Isotope Reactor. Scientists
come from all over the world
to conduct research at these
facilities. The basic scientific
research conducted using SNS
and HFIR will lead to techno-
Clifford Shull conducted some of
the world’s first neutron scattering
experiments using this
diffractometer at ORNL.
logical advances that benefit the scientific, business,
and industrial communities.
Funded by the DOE Office of Basic Energy Sciences,
SNS and HFIR are national user facilities managed
by the ORNL Neutron Sciences Directorate. The
Neutron Sciences vision is to provide unprecedented
capabilities for understanding the structure and
properties of materials across the spectrum of biology,
chemistry, physics, and engineering and to stay
at the leading edge of neutron science by developing
new instruments, tools, and services.
The main goal for the directorate is to achieve excellence
in science, and all of our activities support this
purpose. Through reliable operation and continual development,
we strive to capitalize on the capabilities
of two of the world’s highest-flux pulsed and continuous
beams of neutrons. We have a common user
program for the two facilities
and have integrated operations
between them. In addition,
we’re focusing efforts on
reaching out to the scientific
community to educate current
and future scientists about the
benefits of neutron scattering.
Antonio Moreira dos Santos,
member of the SNAP team at
SNS, aligns diamond anvils before
an experiment. The diamond anvil
cell is the standard equipment for
researching materials under high
pressure.