Neutron Scattering Facilities

The Basic Energy Sciences program supports the following Neutron Scattering Facilities national scientific user facilities:

A blue glow from Cherenkov radiation in the reactor pool of the High Flux Isotope Reactor from stored fuel elements.

High Flux Isotope Reactor (HFIR)

The HFIR facility is the United States' highest flux reactor-based neutron source, and is a major neutron scattering user facility as well as the world's leading source of elements heavier than plutonium for research, medicine, and industrial applications.

Aerial of the Spallation Neutron Source showing the Guest House, JINS, CLO, CNMS, and target building.

Spallation Neutron Source (SNS)

The SNS is a next-generation spallation neutron source for neutron scattering that is currently the most powerful neutron source in the world.