Workshop – Neutrons for the Future

Purpose: To plan for a replacement reactor and accompanying facilities for NIST and the nation.

Dates Held:  October 18 – 20 (Wed – Fri), 2023
Venue:  Hilton Washington DC / Rockville Hotel
Registration:  http://go.umd.edu/neutronsforthefuture23registration

Program Co-chairs
Stephen Wilson – University of California, Santa Barbara
Mike Hore – Case Western Reserve University

Organizing Committee
Rob Briber – University of Maryland
Lisa Press – University of Maryland
Peter Gehring – NIST
Dan Neumann – NIST
Pappannan Thiyagarajan – NIST
Jim Rhyne – NIST
Joe Dura – NIST

Background Info:

  • NIST has developed a pre-conceptual design for a new source of neutrons that would operate safely, reliably, and efficiently, while providing the nation with substantially enhanced neutron measurement capacity and capabilities compared to the current source.
  • 2018 APS POPA Report “Neutrons for the Nation” https://www.aps.org/policy/reports/popa-reports/heu.cfm
  • 2020 Report of the Basic Energy Sciences Advisory Committee, US DoE, Office of Science “The Scientific Justification for a U.S. Domestic High-Performance Reactor-Based Research Facility” https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1647598

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