IPNS' success paved way to newest neutron source for materials research

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Equipment installation inside the Spallation Neutron Source ring tunnel. Image courtesy of Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
Equipment installation inside the Spallation Neutron Source ring tunnel. Image courtesy of Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

When the Intense Pulsed Neutron Source at the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory began operations in 1981, few could envision that it would lead to the $1.4 billion Spallation Neutron Source, beginning operations this spring on the grounds of Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee.


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