Neutron scattering research has improved the quality of many everyday items: Shatter-proof windshields, credit cards, pocket calculators, airplanes, compact discs, and magnetic storage tapes are just ...

Corrections and amplifications: This story has been updated to clarify the life expectancy of the new reflector plug, and that light water causes more neutrons to be absorbed than heavy water, rather ...

Drew Marquardt receives funding from Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council, Mitacs and the New Frontiers in Research Fund. He is an executive of the Canadian Institute for Neutron ...

US scientists have gained a first-of-its-kind view inside advanced nuclear fuel by using neutron ...

From the empty space in the linear accelerator building to the giant mound of dirt out back, it's clear that Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Spallation Neutron Source (SNS) has room to grow. The ...

The experimental campaign on the neutron generation at Apollon: The inside of the target chamber showing the off-axis parabola and some diagnostics. (Courtesy: Julien Fuchs) An astrophysical process ...

Both the fusion and fission energy sectors need the availability of intense neutron sources to aid in their development and solve their fuel cycle problems. Moreover, the availability of neutron ...

Neutrons are very useful to material probes and can be created in reactors or by accelerators. The most intense accelerator-based neutron sources are called spallation sources and use a process that ...