Since 1959, the National Research Council (NRC), at the request of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), has annually assembled panels of experts to assess the quality and effectiveness of the NIST measurements and standards laboratories. In 2011, the NRC evaluated three of the six NIST laboratories: the Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology (CNST), the NIST Center for Neutron Research (NCNR) and the Information Technology Laboratory (ITL). Each of these was addressed individually by a separate panel of experts; this report assesses NCNR.

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Front Matter
Summary
1 The Charge to the Panel and the Assessment Process
2 General Assessment of the NIST Center for Neutron Research
3 Science and Technology at the Center
4 Facilities and Human Resources
5 The Center as a User Facility
6 Conclusions