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Los Alamos, NM. , U.S.A. 



SPALLATION NEUTRON SOURCE 



Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) 



U.S. Dept. of Energy 



"Big Science" Descriptor : Materials science 



Description of Facility/Instrument : This facility provides neutron 

 scattering from cold to thermal to eplthermal regions. It is 

 parasitic on the Los Alamos Meson Physics Facility (LAMPF). 



Date of Construction : 1977, proton storage ring in 1984-85 



Construction Cost : Original : $27.5 million 



1984 $$ : $48.9 million 



Present International Cooperation 



Nationallty(3) of Ownership : U.S. 

 Natlonallty(s) of Operational Funding ; U.S. 

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

 Nationallty(s) of Researchers : 95 percent U.S. 



Other Information: The cost figures do not Include the fact that this 

 facility utilizes the Los Alamos Meson Physics Facility (LAMPF) 



f^ foo?"o?^ °^ protons. The proton storage ring was constructed 

 In 1984-85. 



Oak Ridge, IN., U.S.A. 



HIGH FLUX ISOTOPE REACTOR (HFIR) 

 Oak. Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) 

 U.S. Dept. of Energy 



"Big Science" Descriptor : Materials science 



Description of Facility/Instrument : This facility produces a high flux 

 (10^^ neutrons/cm^/sec) for neutron scattering, neutron irradi- 

 ation, and isotope production. 



Date of Construction : 1965 



Construction Cost : Original : $15 million 



1984 $$ : $62.5 million 



Present International Cooperation 



Nationality(s) of Ownership : U.S. 

 Natlonallty(s) of Operational Funding : U.S. 

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

 Natlonallty(s) of Researchers : 90 percent U.S. 



There Is a U.S. -Japan agreement and informal arrangements. 



