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The Oak Ridge National Laboratory Looks Ahead: Oak Ridge Electron Linear Accelerator Pulsed Neutron Source (ORELA) for Neutron Cross Section Measurements – Discovery of America by Queltanews
Oak Ridge Electron Linear Accelerator Pulsed Neutron Source (ORELA) is a powerful electron accelerator-based neutron source located in more...
The Oak Ridge National Laboratory Looks Ahead: High Flux Isotope Reactor (HFIR) – Discovery of America by Queltanews
High Flux Isotope Reactor or HFIR, operating at 85 MW, is the highest flux reactor-based source of neutrons for research in the United States, and it provides one of the highest steady-state neutron fluxes of any research reactor more...
The Oak Ridge National Laboratory Looks Ahead: Spallation Neutron Source (SNS) Work – Discovery of America by Queltanews
Negatively charged hydrogen ions are produced by an ion source. Each ion consists of a proton orbited by two electrons. The ions are injected into a linear accelerator, which accelerates them to very high more...
The Oak Ridge National Laboratory Looks Ahead: Spallation Neutron Source (SNS) and Neutron Science – Discovery of America by Queltanews
Spallation Neutron Source (SNS) is an accelerator-based neutron source in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA. This one-of-a-kind facility provides the most intense pulsed neutron beams in the world more...
The Morning of Oak Ridge National Laboratory: User Facilities Help to Illuminate Fundamental Sciences – Discovery of America by Queltanews
1980 was a banner year for many Laboratory programs. For the first time, the budget exceeded $300 million. Of this total, $20 million was subcontracted to more...
The Morning of Oak Ridge National Laboratory: Three Mile Island Accident and Iranian Embargo Quick Responses – Discovery of America by Queltanews
The March 1979 accident at Three Mile Island Unit 2 surprised nuclear experts at the Laboratory and elsewhere. Having a national reputation in the safety field, Laboratory staff led by Fred Mynatt became immersed in the Three Mile Island emergency more...
Morning of Oak Ridge National Laboratory: Fusion &Fission Researches – Discovery of America by Queltanews
Although fusion research could not enhance the nation's short-range energy posture, ERDA gave the program substantial support in the hope that it would provide a long-range solution to the nation's energy problems more...
The Morning of Oak Ridge National Laboratory: Coal-related Research Initiative – Discovery of America by Queltanews
The United States with nearly half of the world's known coal reserves has been called the "Saudi Arabia of coal." In the face of dwindling domestic petroleum supplies, scarce natural gas reserves more...
The Morning of Oak Ridge National Laboratory: Energy Conservation Research and Development – Discovery of America by Queltanews
Recognizing that the nation's energy posture could be improved by reducing consumption of existing energy resources and putting wasted energy to use, the Laboratory joined ERDA's national conservation program more...
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