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Source & Instrument Status

reactor

Operating at 20MWAug 21, 2026 - Sept 10, 2026
Maintenance OutageSept 10, 2026 - Oct 18, 2026
Operating at 20 MWOct 19, 2026 - Nov 11, 2026
Maintenance OutageNov 12, 2026 - Jan 2, 2027
Operating at 20MWJan 4, 2027 - Feb 2, 2027

NEUTRON BEAM instruments

Crystallography

InstrumentContactsStatusSchedule
BT1 High Resolution Powder DiffractometerHui Wu, Hayden Evans, Craig BrownOperatingView Calendar
BT8 Engineering DiffractometerThomas Gnäupel-HeroldOperatingView Calendar

Spectroscopy

Instrument StatusSchedule
CHRNS NGA Neutron Spin Echo Spectrometer (ν-NSE)Antonio Faraone, Michihiro NagaoCommissioningView Calendar
CHRNS BT9 Multi-Axis Crystal Spectrometer (MACS)Yiming Qiu, Jose RodriguezOperatingView Calendar
CHRNS NG2 High Flux Backscattering Spectrometer (HFBS)Madhusudan Tyagi, Richard AzuahOperatingView Calendar
BT7 Double Focusing Triple-Axis SpectrometerYang Zhao, William Ratcliff, Nick ButchOperatingView Calendar
NG4 Disk Chopper Spectrometer (DCS)Wei Zhou, Guangyong Xu, Craig BrownOperatingView Calendar
BT4 Triple Axis Spectrometer Not Operating Due To Lack of Resources 

Small Angle Neutron Scattering

Instrument StatusSchedule
CHRNS NG3 Very Small Angle Neutron Scattering (vSANS)Elizabeth Kelley, Yun Liu, Jonathan Gaudet, Ryan Murphy, Cedric GagnonOperatingView Calendar
NGB 30m Small Angle Neutron Scattering (NGB 30m SANS)Paul Butler, Katie WeigandtOperatingView Calendar
NG7 30m Small Angle Neutron Scattering (NG7 30m SANS)Susana Teixeira, John Barker, Jonathan Gaudet, Jeff KrzywonTransitioning to Scientific OperationsView Calendar
NGB 10m Small Angle Neutron Scattering (10m SANS) Not Operating Due To Lack of Resources 
BT5 Ultra-Small Angle Neutron Scattering (uSANS) Not Operating Due To Lack of Resources 

Reflectometry

Instrument StatusSchedule
CHRNS NG1 Chromatic Analysis Neutron Diffractometer or Reflectometer (CANDOR)Alex Grutter, David Hoogerheide, Brian MaranvilleOperatingView Calendar
NGD Multi-Angle Grazing-Incidence K-vector (MAGIK) ReflectometerFrank Heinrich, Sushil SatijaOperatingView Calendar
NGD Polarized Beam Reflectometer (PBR) Not Operating Due To Lack of Resources 

Neutron Imaging

Instrument StatusSchedule
BT2 Neutron Imaging Facility (NIF)Jake LaManna, David Jacobson, Dan Hussey, Eli BalticOperatingView Calendar
NG6 Cold Neutron Imaging Instrument (CNII)Dan Hussey, Jake LaManna, David Jacobson, Eli BalticInstrument Under DevelopmentOnline in 2027

Activation Analysis

Instrument StatusSchedule
NGD Cold Prompt-Gamma Activation Analysis (Cold PGAA)Heather Chen-Mayer, Rick PaulOperating 
NGA' Neutron Depth Profiling (NDP)Jamie WeaverTransitioning to Scientific Operations 
VT5 Thermal Prompt-Gamma Activation Analysis (Thermal PGAA)Rick PaulTransitioning to Scientific Operations 

Neutron Physics

Instrument StatusSchedule
NGC Neutron LifetimeShannon Hoogerheide, Pieter Mumm, Scott Dewey, Jeff NicoOperating 
NG6 CANDOPieter MummInstrument Under Development 
NG6 9 Å BeamlinePieter MummInstrument Under Development 
NG7 Alpha Gamma DeviceScott Dewey, Pieter MummOperating 
NG7 Neutron Interferometry & Optics Facility (NIOF)Michael Huber,  Shannon HoogerheideTransitioning to Scientific Operations 
NG7 Neutron Interferometry & Optics Facility Alpha (NIOFa)Michael Huber, Shannon HoogerheideTransitioning to Scientific Operations 

Test Station

Instrument StatusSchedule
NG7 Polarized 3He and Detector Experiment Station (PHADES)Shannon WatsonTransitioning to Scientific Operations 
NCNR Instrument Suite

Contacts

Created February 19, 2026, Updated September 8, 2026
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