DENIM 2025 - Design and Engineering of Neutron Instruments Meeting

Session

FACILITIES UPDATES

FU

Oct 21, 2025, 10:45 AM

Conveners

FACILITIES UPDATES: FACILITIES UPDATES

• Charles Dewhurst (ILL)

71. Australian Centre for Neutron Scattering 2024 Long Shutdown Activities

Stan Lee (ANSTO)

10/21/25, 10:45 AM

Presentation

ANSTO completed a six-month shutdown in 2024 to replace the cold neutron source (CNS) within the OPAL reactor pool. During this time and over the preceding year, ACNS also undertook a number of key improvements to the suite of neutron beam instruments.

The new CNS MkII in-pile assembly has a 70mm taller moderator chamber as well as several other design changes to accommodate the additional...

99. ILL - Recent facilty upgrades

Giuliana Manzin (ILL)

10/21/25, 11:05 AM

84. European Spallation Source Technical Update

Robert Connatser (European Spallation Source ERIC)

10/21/25, 11:25 AM

Presentation

The European Spallation Source is preparing for initial Beam on Target, with the current planning indicating Q1 of 2026. This talk will present the technical status of the accelerator, target, controls, instruments and some of the remaining technical challenges. It will also discuss the organizational readiness as the organization prepares to shift from delivering a project into a functional...

59. SINQ++: Upgrading the Swiss Spallation Source for Advanced Neutron Science

Jonathan White (Paul Scherrer Institute)

10/21/25, 11:45 AM

Presentation

The SINQ++ project is a strategic upgrade of the Swiss Spallation Neutron Source (SINQ) at the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI), designed to address critical challenges in neutron science. Building on SINQ’s established role as a high-performing continuous neutron source, SINQ++ will introduce a new cold neutron source, doubling brightness across all instruments and offering enhancements up to...

42. Environmental Sustainability Landscape at ISIS and Implications on Engineering and Instrument Design

William Halcrow (STFC - ISIS)

10/21/25, 12:05 PM

Presentation

In the last 2-3 years the Environmental Sustainability policy, targets and governance that ISIS works within have started to change. Our Environmental Sustainability policy is increasingly focused on meeting the demands of the climate crises, and as such has taken on a new intensity and flavour. This talk will outline these policy changes, further changes that are expected, and discuss the...

80. Return to Operations at the NIST Center for Neutron Research

Daniel Adler (NIST)

Presentation

The NIST Center for Neutron Research (NCNR) has not conducted scientific operations since January 2021 due to a damaged reactor fuel element. Following an extensive cleanup effort, the reactor can be operated safely, and well within regulatory requirements. However, routine operations were inhibited by a small quantity of damaged element debris (~1-3 g) still present in the reactor vessel...

11. Second Target Station Instrument Systems Design Status 2025

Van Graves (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)

Presentation

The Second Target Station (STS) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s Spallation Neutron Source will be a high-brightness facility optimized for producing cold neutrons with compact coupled moderators. STS will complement the laboratory’s existing neutron sources by enabling time-resolved studies of kinetic phenomena, investigations of smaller or weakly scattering samples, and experiments...