Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Page 13 Page 14 Page 15 Page 16 Page 17 Page 18 Page 19 Page 20 Page 21 Page 22 Page 23 Page 24 Page 25 Page 26 Page 27 Page 28 Page 29 Page 30 Page 31 Page 32 Page 33 Page 34 Page 35 Page 36 Page 37 Page 38 Page 39 Page 40 Page 41 Page 42 Page 43 Page 44 Page 45 Page 46 Page 47 Page 48 Page 49 Page 50 Page 51 Page 52 Page 53 Page 54 Page 55 Page 56 Page 57 Page 58 Page 59 Page 60 Page 61 Page 62 Page 63 Page 64 Page 65 Page 66 Page 67 Page 68 Page 69 Page 70 Page 71 Page 72 Page 73 Page 74 Page 75 Page 76 Page 77 Page 78 Page 79 Page 80 Page 81 Page 82 Page 83 Page 84 Page 85 Page 86 Page 87 Page 88 Page 89 Page 90 Page 91 Page 92 Page 93 Page 94 Page 95 Page 96 Page 97 Page 98 Page 99 Page 100 Page 101 Page 102 Page 103 Page 104 Page 105 Page 106 Page 107 Page 108 Page 109 Page 110 Page 111 Page 112 Page 113 Page 114 Page 115 Page 116 Page 117 Page 118 Page 119 Page 120 Page 121 Page 122 Page 123 Page 124Nuclear Science User Facilities 22 In addition to initially gathering the data, it’s important to make sure that it stays current. “We can have the database email [the facility owners] directly and then they can click on a link and update their own facilities and verify that the information we have on file is still current,” Heidrich said. “Our challenge is to make facility owners understand why this is important and what’s in it for them, such as the ability to advertise their capabilities for free.” The Gap Analysis Once the major nuclear energy capabilities were identified and the near-, mid- and long-range R&D goals were investigated, the next step was to perform a gap analysis.The analysis was based on two foundations: a capabilities analysis of the existing infrastructure, and the projected needs based on the anticipated direction of nuclear energy research and development.The goal was to provide a set of recommendations for potential funding based on the types of instrumentation and facilities that will be needed to perform the work. As expected, the initial analysis pointed out the “elephant in the room” as an ongoing need for irradiated material characterization equipment, such as focused ion beam microscopes that can look at radioactive fuel and ion beam irradiation capabilities. In response, the NSUF and the DOE-NE organized an ion Users Count Percentage National Laboratory 48 41% U.S. University 25 21% Industry 21 18% U.S. Government 12 10% International Government 4 3% NGOs 4 3% International University 2 2% International Industry 2 2% Institutions in the database Count Percentage U.S. University 50 41% National Laboratory 27 22% U.S. Industry 22 18% International Government 14 11% International University 5 4% International Industry 4 3%