Canadian neutron beam laboratory

加拿大中子束中心(CNBC)是材料研究的主要资源，由位于粉笔河实验室的加拿大国家研究委员会运营。该实验室以5台中子散射仪器为中心，每台仪器的资本重置价值约为500万美元。中子仪安装在NRU研究反应堆上，该反应堆由加拿大原子能有限公司(AECL)运营。超过80%的中子仪器时间用于由外部用户领导的研究项目：来自加拿大各地大学、工业、政府实验室和100多家外国研究机构的50多个系的科学家、工程师和学生。加拿大在中子束实验室进行的学术研究横跨凝聚态物理、化学、生物物理、材料科学和工程学等学科。中子散射实验在分子或纳米结构尺度上提供了关于材料的独特而重要的知识。进入中子束实验室的许可是基于科学价值。提案由面向主题的委员会审查，其成员来自加拿大中子散射研究所(CINS)。CINS代表400多名个人成员和15名机构成员。它监督CNBC对NSERC MRS资金的管理，支持外展活动(如中子散布暑期学校)，并领导和倡导与这一主要资源相关的资金建议。

The Canadian Neutron Beam Centre (CNBC) is a Major Resource for materials research, operated by the National Research Council of Canada at Chalk River Laboratories. This laboratory is centred around five neutron scattering instruments, each with a capital replacement value of about $5M. The neutron instruments are attached to the NRU research reactor, which is operated by Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL). Over 80% of neutron instrument time is devoted to research projects led by external users: scientists, engineers and students from over 50 departments in universities across Canada, industries, government labs and more than 100 foreign research institutions. Canadian academic research carried out at the neutron beam laboratory spans disciplines such as condensed-matter physics, chemistry, biophysics, materials science and engineering. Neutron scattering experiments provide unique and important knowledge about materials at the molecular or nano-structure scales. Access to the neutron beam laboratory is granted on the basis of scientific merit. Proposals are reviewed by subject-oriented committees, whose members are drawn from the Canadian Institute for Neutron Scattering (CINS). CINS represents over 400 individual members and 15 institutional members. It oversees the management of NSERC MRS funds by the CNBC, supports outreach events (such as a neutron scattering summer school), and provides leadership and advocacy for funding proposals associated with this Major Resource.