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Neutron generator gets up and atom



US scientists have fired up for the first time a powerful new source for creating subatomic neutron particles that could boost research into new materials, superconductors and therapeutic drugs.

After seven years of construction, the Oak Ridge National Laboratory achieved a millisecond of neutron production at the Spallation Neutron Source centre. When operational, the installation will produce a neutron stream 10 times more intense than that of any other research facility in the world.



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