Summer 2007: Power level exceeded 100 kW
Fall 2007: General user program opened
March 2006: Completed Instrument Readiness Review for low power operations
May 19, 2006: Operational approval for Backscattering Spectrometer
May 23, 2006: The first time of flight data was taken at SNS with a fluorinated mica sample using both diffraction and backscattering detectors in the tank
May 31, 2006: The first energy transfer resolved spectrum was measured for tunneling peaks in 4-methyl pyridine N-oxide