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Gaithersburg, MD., U.S.A. 



NBS RESEARCH REACTOR (NBSR) 



Center for Materials Science 



National Bureau of Standards (NBS), U.S. Dept . of Commerce 



"Big Science" Descriptor: Materials science 



Description of Facility/Instrument ; The NBSR Is a national center for 

 the development and application of neutron methods in materials 

 science, chemistry, physics, biology, and radiation standards. 

 The NBSR is a high-performance 20 megawatt research reactor. 

 It runs 24 hours per day and has 25 major experimental facilities 

 which are widely used each year by 250 scientists and engineers 

 from NBS, industries, and universities. The NBSR is installing 

 the largest cold neutron source in the country and is planning a 

 n€w center for cold neutron research with 15 instruments to serve 

 U.S. needs in these research areas. 



Date of Construction ; Operational December 1967 



Construction Cost : Original : $12 million 



1984 $$ : $110 million (including instruments) 



Present International Cooperation 



Nationality(s) of Ownership : U.S. 



Nationality(8) of Operational Funding : U.S. 



Nationallty(s) of Management Staff : U.S. 



Nationality(s) of Researchers : Many foreign visitors engaged in 

 cooperative research; cooperative R&D agreement between 

 NBS and the Institut Laue-Langevin (French, German, British 

 Reactor Center at Grenoble). 



Potential for Future International Cooperation : Initiated in 1984. 

 Significant potential for mutual, cost-effective R&D on neutron 

 research instrumentation with the Institut Laue-Langevin and 

 other French and German centers, which will enhance capabilities 

 at all neutron centers. 



