ISIS Neutron and Muon Source
The ISIS Neutron and Muon Source is a pulsed neutron and muon source, established 1984 at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory of the Science and Technology Facilities Council, on the Harwell Science and Innovation Campus in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom.Photo: Sandig, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Industrial building
- Description: English physics research facility
- Also known as: “ISIS neutron source”
- Address: Harwell Science & Innovation Campus
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Rutherford Appleton Laboratory and Diamond Light Source.
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
Research institute
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The Rutherford Appleton Laboratory is one of the national scientific research laboratories in the UK operated by the Science and Technology Facilities Council. Rutherford Appleton Laboratory is situated 770 feet southeast of ISIS Neutron and Muon Source.
Diamond Light Source
Building
Photo: Steve Daniels, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Diamond Light Source is the UK's national synchrotron light source science facility located at the Harwell Science and Innovation Campus in Oxfordshire. Diamond Light Source is situated 1,400 feet east of ISIS Neutron and Muon Source.
DIDO
Building
DIDO was a materials testing nuclear reactor at the Atomic Energy Research Establishment at Harwell, Oxfordshire in the United Kingdom. It used enriched uranium metal fuel, and heavy water as both neutron moderator and primary coolant. DIDO is situated 2,000 feet southwest of ISIS Neutron and Muon Source.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Chilton and East Hendred.
Chilton
Village
Photo: Steve Daniels, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Chilton is a village and civil parish in the Vale of White Horse district of Oxfordshire, England, about 3+1⁄2 miles southwest of Didcot. The parish is a historic part of Berkshire, though under the 1974 local government boundary changes was transferred to the administration of Oxfordshire.
East Hendred
Village
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East Hendred is a village and civil parish about 4 miles east of Wantage in the Vale of White Horse and a similar distance west of Didcot. The village is on East Hendred Brook, which flows from the Berkshire Downs to join the River Thames at Sutton Courtenay. East Hendred is situated 2 miles northwest of ISIS Neutron and Muon Source.
West Ginge
Hamlet
Photo: Colin Bates, CC BY-SA 2.0.
West Ginge is a hamlet within the civil parish of Ardington in the English county of Oxfordshire, 3.9 miles by road to the southeast of Wantage. West Ginge is immediately next to the hamlet of East Ginge, which is contained within the parish of West Hendred. West Ginge is situated 2 miles west of ISIS Neutron and Muon Source.
ISIS Neutron and Muon Source
- Categories: research center, building, and industry
- Location: Vale of White Horse District, Oxfordshire, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.57259° or 51° 34′ 21″ northLongitude
-1.31938° or 1° 19′ 10″ westOpen location code
9C3WHMFJ+26OpenStreetMap ID
way 203116030OpenStreetMap feature
building=industrialWikidata ID
Q9289166
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Spanish—“ISIS Neutron and Muon Source” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “此設施介紹”
- Polish: “ISIS”
- Portuguese: “Fonte de neutrões ISIS”
- Russian: “ISIS”
- Spanish: “fuente de neutrones ISIS”
- Spanish: “Fuente de neutrones y muones ISIS”
- Spanish: “Fuente de Neutrones y Muones ISIS”
- Spanish: “ISIS Neutron and Muon Source”
- Spanish: “ISIS”
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