2014
Full power at 1.4 megawatts
Eight years after construction and seven years after operations began, the SNS achieved the beam power for which it was designed: 1.4 megawatts. Even at lower power levels, the accelerator-based center for materials research set records, and scientists from around the globe flocked to Oak Ridge to do experiments with the richest source of neutrons available. Source.
Front entrance sign at SNS. (Photo Credit: Dobie Gillispie/ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy)
