Where are the neutron facilities?

Neutron beams are produced in nuclear reactors or spallation sources. This means that experiments using neutrons can only be performed in specific institutions.   

In many of those institutes instruments are free to use for academic researchers through a proposal system. External users receive a high level of support during experiments to optimize the use of beam time.

Neutron Scattering Facilities

Asia and Australia

• J-Parc (Japan)
• KENS (Tsukuba, Japan)
• JAERI (Japan)
• KUR-RI (Kyoto, Japan)
• ISSP (Tokyo, Japan)
• KAERI (Hanaro, Korea)
• OPAL at ANSTO (at Lucas Heights, Australia)

Europe

• ILL (Grenoble, France)
• ISIS (Oxford, UK)
• GKSS (Geestach, Germany)
• BENSC (HZB, Berlin, Germany)
• FRM II at Garching (T.U.Munich, Germany)
• TUDelft (Delft, The Netherlands)
• SINQ (at PSI Zürich, Switzerland)
• BNC (Budapest, Hungary)
• FLNP (Dubna, Russia)
• PNPI (Gatchina, Russia)
• JEEP-II (Kjeller, Norway)

North and South America

• SNS and HFIR at Oak Ridge (USA)
• LANSCE (Los Alamos, USA)
• NIST (USA)
• McMaster University (Canada)
• Chalk River (Canada)