Los Alamos Neutron Science Center (LANSCE) is the major experimental science facility at Los Alamos National Laboratory. LANSCE is a National User Facility with one of the nation’s most powerful linear accelerators (LINAC); we are unique because of the intensity and energy spectrum of the neutrons our LINAC produces. Our intense pulsed protons are used for proton radiography and to produce the wide energy spectrum of spallation neutrons needed to interrogate various materials—materials that improve safety and security, advance nuclear technology, and have commercial applications. In addition to national security research, the LANSCE User Facility has a vibrant research program in fundamental science, providing the scientific community with intense sources of neutrons and protons to perform experiments supporting civilian research and the production of medical and research isotopes. Visit the website.
To meet DOE and NNSA missions, our LINAC supports five state-of-the-art scientific centers that operate simultaneously:
- Lujan Center
- Weapons Neutron Research
- Proton Radiography
- Isotope Production Facility
- Ultracold Neutrons
