Intense Pulsed Neutron Source (IPNS) was a scientific user facility at
Argonne National Laboratory
Argonne National Laboratory is a science and engineering research United States Department of Energy National Labs, national laboratory operated by University of Chicago, UChicago Argonne LLC for the United States Department of Energy. The facil ...
for neutron scattering research. The IPNS was the world's first pulsed neutron source open to external users and started operations in 1981. The facility ceased operation in January, 2008 after the
omnibus spending bill forced
Basic Energy Sciences (BES) to cease IPNS operations.
References
Argonne National Laboratory
Neutron facilities
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