When completed in 2006, the Spallation Neutron Source (SNS) will use an accelerator to
produce the most intense beams of pulsed neutrons in the world. This unique facility is being
built by a collaboration of six US Department of Energy laboratories and will serve a diverse
community of users drawn from academia, industry, and government labs. The project
continues on schedule and within budget, with commissioning and installation of all systems
going well. Installation of 14 state-of-the-art instruments is under way, and design work is …