Speaker
Description
The Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) Second Target Station (STS) Project is a 10+ year, multi-billion (US) dollar project to build a second target station at ORNL’s Spallation Neutron Source (SNS). The STS will deliver a 700 kW, 15 Hz proton beam to a solid tungsten rotating target, producing neutrons for up to 21 neutron scattering instrument end stations. The STS will provide the highest peak brightness cold neutrons in the world. The science capabilities provided by the instrument suite at the STS will complement those of the two existing neutron scattering user facilities at ORNL, the SNS First Target Station (FTS) and the High Flux Isotope Reactor (HFIR). This talk will discuss the status of the project, which completed its most important reviews to-date this year. A brief technical overview update of the Project and its 5 major technical subsystems will be given, including a 3-1/2 minute animated flythrough of the Top-Level Master CAD model. Site preparation progress will be reported, and an update on user community selection of the initial Instrument Suite will be provided. The ORNL Second Target Station Project is funded by the US Department of Energy Office of Science Basic Energy Sciences program.
Key Words
ORNL SNS STS Project Progress Update