• K.W. Jones, J.L. Erickson, R.W. Garnett, M.S. Gulley
  LANL, Los Alamos, New Mexico

The Los Alamos Neutron Science Center (LANSCE) accelerator and beam delivery complex generates the proton beams that serve three neutron production sources, a proton radiography facility and a medical and research isotope production facility. The recent operating history of the facility, including both achievements and challenges, will be reviewed. Plans for performance improvement will be discussed, together with the underlying drivers for the ongoing LANSCE Life Extension project. The details of this latter project will also be discussed.