The CSNS (China Spallation Neutron Source) International Advisory Committee held its seventh review meeting on IHEP Dongguan Campus from October 10 to 12, 2015. 

Thirteen noted scientists from ANL, ANSTO, CERN, JAEA and J-PARC, MSU, ORNL, PSI, RAL, STFC and Universita degli Studi di Roma attended the meeting and had serious review on the progress of CSNS. 

The review experts toured the linac tunnel, storage ring tunnel and the target, the experts were surprised at the great progress made over the past year. CSNS Project Director Chen Hesheng gave an overall report on CSNS covering the accelerator, target and spectrometer, facility construction and user cultivation. Representing the sub-systems, Lin Guopin, Fu Shinian and Wang Fangwei also gave reports respectively. 

The review experts listened to the reports and had thorough discussions and exchanges with the CSNS staff. They concluded that since the last review meeting, the project has made remarkable progress. Valuable suggestions and opinions were put forward on such key issues as user cultivation, project management and planning. Chen Hesheng expressed his hearty thanks to the experts’review and promised to respond soon after studying their comments.