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In response to the retirement of the NRU Reactor at Chalk River Laboratories, a group of Canadian neutron scatterers, cancer clinicians and researchers, and accelerator physicists are carrying out an initial design of a prototype Canadian compact accelerator-based neutron source (PC-CANS) in Canada. The PC-CANS will help mitigate the challenges to maintain and expand the scientific resources needed for research using neutron beams by Canadian researchers and companies. Here, we will provide an update on the high-level design and strategies to secure resources to realize the PC-CANS in Canada. Our approach is staged with the first stage offering a medium neutron-flux, linac-based source for neutron scattering on the next generation of materials. The first stage will serve as a prototype for a second stage: a higher brightness, higher cost facility that could be viewed as a national centre for neutron applications.
