Los Alamos neutron science center nuclear weapons stewardship and unique national scientific capabilities

Conference · Wed Dec 15 00:00:00 EST 2010

OSTI ID:1044885

Schoenberg, Kurt F ^[1]

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1. Los Alamos National Laboratory

This presentation gives an overview of the Los Alamos Neutron Science Center (LANSCE) and its contributions to science and the nuclear weapons program. LANSCE is made of multiple experimental facilities (the Lujan Center, the Weapons Neutron Research facility (WNR), the Ultra-Cold Neutron facility (UCN), the proton Radiography facility (pRad) and the Isotope Production Facility (IPF)) served by the its kilometer long linear accelerator. Several research areas are supported, including materials and bioscience, nuclear science, materials dynamics, irradiation response and medical isotope production. LANSCE is a national user facility that supports researchers worldwide. The LANSCE Risk Mitigation program is currently in progress to update critical accelerator equipment to help extend the lifetime of LANSCE as a key user facility. The Associate Directorate of Business Sciences (ADBS) plays an important role in the continued success of LANSCE. This includes key procurement support, human resource support, technical writing support, and training support. LANSCE is also the foundation of the future signature facility MARIE (Matter-Radiation Interactions in Extremes).

• Research Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC52-06NA25396
• OSTI ID: 1044885
• Report Number(s): LA-UR-10-08338; LA-UR-10-8338; TRN: US1203416
• Resource Relation: Conference: Work force engagement mtg ; December 16, 2010 ; Los Alamos, NM
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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43 PARTICLE ACCELERATORS
45 MILITARY TECHNOLOGY, WEAPONRY, AND NATIONAL DEFENSE
99 GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS//MATHEMATICS, COMPUTING, AND INFORMATION SCIENCE
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BUSINESS
IRRADIATION
ISOTOPE PRODUCTION
LIFETIME
LINEAR ACCELERATORS
MITIGATION
NEUTRONS
NUCLEAR WEAPONS
PROCUREMENT
PROTON RADIOGRAPHY
TRAINING
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