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NIST Center for Neutron Research

NIST Center for Neutron Research

🇺🇸 Gaithersburg, US · Active

Also known as NCNR, NBSR

The NIST Center for Neutron Research is a national user facility of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, the US Department of Commerce's measurement agency, at its Gaithersburg, Maryland headquarters. It runs the National Bureau of Standards Reactor (NBSR), a 20-megawatt research reactor that provides a steady flux of neutrons for measurement and materials research. Researchers from industry, universities and government use its neutron instruments.

Sector
Fission
Role
Research institute, Operator

It is the operator of record for NBSR (operating).

Design values

Design values for devices operated by NIST Center for Neutron Research. These are what a machine was built to do, not results.
DeviceParameterValueUnitStatus
NBSRThermal capacity (rated)20MWdesign valueclaimed

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