The report, “Advancing U.S. Leadership: The Science Case for a Second Target Station at the Spallation Neutron Source” identifies grand scientific challenges that must be addressed to maintain U.S. scientific leadership and the characteristics and capabilities the Second Target Station (STS) must have to enable transformative scientific discoveries in those essential areas. The report was the outcome

The Neutron Scattering Society of America (NSSA) has issued a critical petition warning of an impending crisis in U.S. neutron research infrastructure. With overlapping multi-year outages planned at all four major U.S. neutron facilities—ORNL, NIST, and LANL—the nation risks falling behind global competitors in materials science, national security, and advanced technology development. While Europe and