Abstract: Oak Ridge National Laboratory is home to two neutron sources, the High Flux Isotope
Reactor (HFIR) and the Spallation Neutron Source (SNS). These facilities supply high-intensity
neutron beams to instruments that are used for a wide variety of research topics including biology,
physics, chemistry, and materials science by researchers from across the globe. The HFIR is
home to two small-angle neutron scattering (SANS) instruments, while the SNS is home to a
SANS instrument and an ultra-small-angle neutron scattering (USANS) instrument. I will
present an overview of the neutron sources, the SANS and USANS instruments, as well as sample
environments and associated supporting facilities. I will also present the on-going
developments related to the Second Target William Heller: Senior Research Scientist, SANS and
Spin Echo Group Leader, Large Scale Structures Section, Neutron Scattering Division, Oak Ridge
National Laboratory Station at SNS and opportunities for SANS instruments there.
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