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SNS adding 20th instrument

Posted at 10:55 pm July 23, 2019
By John Huotari Leave a Comment

An artistic rendering of the VENUS imaging beam line under construction at Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s Spallation Neutron Source. ORNL said VENUS will provide insights into research areas that include nuclear fuels such as uranium, left, additively manufactured materials, biological processes, engineered components, and studies of archeological and natural materials. (Image credit: ORNL/Jill Hemman)

A 20th research instrument is under construction at the Spallation Neutron Source at Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

The new neutron imaging instrument is known as VENUS, or Versatile Neutron Imaging Instrument. It is expected to be completed in 2022 and expected to be ready for scientific use by 2023.

“The beam line will ensure the United States remains competitive with international spallation sources that are already building or currently operate advanced imaging instruments,” ORNL said in an article by Jeremy Rumsey published Tuesday.

The new instrument will allow researchers to study “in real time” the makeup and performance of a wide range of functional materials under varying environments, ORNL said.

“Coupled with SNS, the world’s most powerful pulsed accelerator-based neutron source, VENUS will be the only open research facility platform in the U.S. to provide time-of-flight neutron imaging capabilities to users from academia and industry,” the lab said.

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Filed Under: Front Page News, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, U.S. Department of Energy Tagged With: Hassina Bilheux, Jeremy Rumsey, neutron imaging, neutron source, neutrons, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, SNS, Spallation Neutron Source, U.S. Department of Energy, VENUS, Versatile Neutron Imaging Instrument

ORNL invites companies to connect with lab at ‘Explore ORNL’ 

Posted at 10:00 pm June 21, 2015
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Oak Ridge National Laboratory will open its doors July 14-15 for its “Explore ORNL” conference designed to introduce the region’s business community to the lab’s world-class research and development facilities and expertise, a press release said.

“Explore ORNL is an outreach event that provides companies both large and small with a unique opportunity to learn about collaboration possibilities,” said Tom Rogers, ORNL’s director of Industrial Partnerships and Economic Development.

Representatives from companies such as Boeing, Cummins, Local Motors, Ten-Tec, Dresser-Rand, and Eagle Bend Manufacturing will speak about their experiences in working with ORNL experts to overcome technical challenges and develop new products. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Business, Front Page News, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, U.S. Department of Energy Tagged With: 3-D printing, automotive industry, Boeing, Brookings Institution, composites manufacturing, Cummins, Dresser-Rand, Eagle Bend Manufacturing, Explore ORNL, high-performance computing, Industrial Partnerships and Economic Development, industry voucher, Jamie Stitt, Kim Kethcum, Local Motors, Manufacturing Demonstration Facility, Mark Muro, material characterization, neutron imaging, Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, research and development, researchers, ReVV!, sensors, Spallation Neutron Source, Ten-Tec, Tennessee, Tennessee Automotive Manufacturers Association, Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development, Tom Rogers, transportation technologies

UCOR donates $50,000 for UT faculty fellowship

Posted at 5:25 pm August 12, 2014
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UCOR UT Check Presentation

Pictured at the check presentation ceremony, from left, are J. Wesley Hines, head of the UT Department of Nuclear Engineering; Wayne Davis, dean for the UT College of Engineering; Matt Marston, UCOR chief operating officer; fellow Jason Hayward; and Jimmy Cheek, UT chancellor. (Photo courtesy UCOR)

 

UCOR, the federal government’s cleanup contractor in Oak Ridge, presented the University of Tennessee with a $50,000 check this week for a faculty fellowship in the university’s College of Engineering.

This check was the latest installment of a $250,000 commitment UCOR, a partnership between URS and CH2M Hill, has made to the university, a press release said.

“As a cleanup contractor of a nuclear site, UCOR is committed to ensuring continued excellence in nuclear education,” said Matt Marston, UCOR chief operating officer. “This fellowship is an important step to fulfilling that commitment.”

The recipient of the fellowship, Jason Hayward, is an assistant fellow in the College of Engineering’s Department of Nuclear Engineering. Since arriving at the University of Tennessee in 2008, Hayward has focused on research in the areas of detector science and development of gamma ray and neutron imaging for applications in nuclear security, neutron scattering science, and medical imaging, the press release said. [Read more…]

Filed Under: College, East Tennessee Technology Park, Education, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge Office, Top Stories, U.S. Department of Energy, Y-12 National Security Complex Tagged With: CH2M Hill, cleanup contractor, College of Engineering, Department of Nuclear Engineering, detector science, East Tennessee Technology Park, faculty fellowship, gamma ray imaging, Jason Hayward, Ken Rueter, medical neutron imaging technology, neutron imaging, nuclear cleanup, nuclear engineering, Oak Ridge Reservation, U.S. Department of Energy, UCOR, University of Tennessee, URS

Two ORNL researchers, two joint faculty receive DOE early career awards

Posted at 12:10 pm May 10, 2013
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DOE Early Career Awards

Pictured from top left, clockwise, are Valentino Cooper, Gaute Hagen, Matthias Schindler, and Jason Hayward. They are 2013 awardees in the U.S. Department of Energy’s Early Career Research Program. (Submitted photo)

Materials science and physics research led by early career Oak Ridge National Laboratory scientists received a boost this week from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Science Early Career Research Program.

The program, now in its fourth year, is designed to bolster the nation’s scientific workforce by providing support to exceptional researchers during crucial early career years when many scientists do their most formative work. This year’s 61 awardees were selected from a pool of 770 university- and national laboratory-based applicants.

“This highly competitive program is a well-deserved recognition for early-career scientists who are launching their own research programs,” ORNL Director Thom Mason said. “We are delighted that four of this year’s awards are going to researchers associated with ORNL.” [Read more…]

Filed Under: Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Science, Top Stories Tagged With: computation, DOE, Early Career Research Program, Gaute Hagen, hadronic parity violation, Jason Hayward, materials science, Materials Science and Technology Division, Matthias Schindler, neutron imaging, neutron scattering, nuclear decay, Nuclear Security and Isotope Technology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Office of Science, ORNL, perovskite oxide, physics, Physics Division, researchers, scientists, SNS, Spallation Neutron Source, Thom Mason, U.S. Department of Energy, University of South Carolina, University of Tennessee, Valentino Cooper

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