NIST Center for Neutron Research A national user facility that advances economic and technical excellence in the U.S. by providing world-class neutron measurement capabilities to meet the needs of researchers from industry, academia, and government.

Mar 15, 2017 · The NCNR is a national user facility, offering thermal and cold neutron beam instrumentation for use by all qualified applicants. Why use Neutrons? How are they useful?

Apr 9, 2021 · The NIST Center for Neutron Research (NCNR) is one of the world’s premier neutron research facilities, serving more than 3,000 researchers from over 260 organizations and accounting for nearly half of all U.S. neutron research.

Apr 17, 2017 · Logon to your NCNR-IMS account; Obtaining Beam Time; Arrange a visit to NCNR Expand or Collapse. CHRNS Student Travel Assistance; U. Maryland Travel Assistance; Hotels and Travel; Obtaining Access to NCNR; Visa Questions? NIST Access Control Policy; Planning Your Experiment Expand or Collapse. Shipping samples to NCNR; Scattering Length ...

May 12, 2017 · The NIST Center for Neutron Research (NCNR) offers neutron scattering and chemical analysis instruments to all qualified users. All proposals will be critically reviewed for scientific merit by experts external to the NCNR.

6 days ago · All visitors who plan to travel to the NCNR by personal car or rental car must provide evidence that the car is properly registered with the appropriate US state upon request. Vehicles without proof of US state registration will not be allowed into NIST.

Feb 5, 2021 · The NCNR continues to be fully staffed 24 hours a day. With safety as our No. 1 priority, NIST is now in a phase of careful and deliberate planning. The first step will be to develop a plan for safely assessing the condition of the reactor so that the root cause of the elevated radiation levels can be investigated.

Oct 4, 2021 · The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has submitted two reports and supplemental information on the Feb. 3, 2021, alert at the NIST Center for Neutron Research (NCNR) to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). The reports include a root cause analysis of the alert, NIST’s planned corrective ...

Mar 10, 2023 · The NIST Center for Neutron Research reactor has been shut down since Feb. 3, 2021, when a single fuel element overheated and was damaged because it was not securely latched into place.

Jan 29, 2019 · SANS and USANS Data Reduction and Analysis software, written by Steve Kline, is provided by NIST Center for Neutron Research in a visual and user-friendly form. The NCNR software is compatible with Macintosh/PC platforms and requires IGOR Pro be installed.