All,

 

            Well I said we hoped we could get there over the weekend, but instead – like so many of our commissioning experiences here – it took only an hour and a half.  We have now reached and exceeded the commissioning “CD4” milestone for protons/pulse on target, and exceeded by a factor of eight the neutron production efficiency!!  Truly unbelievable!!

 

            Thanks again to all – and thanks to those who have already sent congratulations.

 

Dave

 

PS        You were better to look at the URL before the intensity was cranked up – now it’s so bright the detail is washed out.

 

 

 

David Gurd

Controls Group

Spallation Neutron Source

Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Building 8600, MS 6473

Oak Ridge, TN, 37830-6473

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