Canadian neutron beam laboratory

加拿大中子束中心（CNBC）是一个主要的材料研究资源，由加拿大国家研究委员会在乔克河实验室运营。该实验室以五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。中子仪器安装在由加拿大原子能有限公司（AECL）运营的NRU研究堆上。超过80%的中子仪器时间用于外部用户领导的研究项目：来自加拿大大学50多个部门，工业，政府实验室和100多家国外研究机构的科学家，工程师和学生。加拿大在中子束实验室进行的学术研究涵盖了凝聚态物理、化学、生物物理、材料科学和工程等学科。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。允许进入中子束实验室是基于科学功绩。提案由主题委员会审查，其成员来自加拿大中子散射研究所（CINS）。CINS拥有400多名个人会员和15个机构会员。它由CNBC监督NSERC MRS基金的管理，支持外展活动（如中子散射暑期学校），并为与该主要资源相关的资金提案提供领导和倡导。

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.