b"Nuclear Science User Facilities A YEAR IN THE LIFENSUFINL's Irradiated Materials andALeadership Teamlarge portion of NSUFs work Characterization Laboratory wasand funding is related to the funded in large part by NSUFaccess awards it provides toNSUFs leadership team is led by Rory to help provide its users withresearchers around the world. ButKennedy, director, and Dan Ogden, enhanced capabilities.deputy director. Kennedy and Ogden beyond these access awards, NSUF funding is used to coordinate thoseoversee the science and operations awarded experiments, provideof NSUF ensuring that NSUF stays infrastructure upgrades to its facilities,on budget and on mission, while fund scientist and instrumentationalso maintaining relationships with support for NSUF researchers, expandDepartment of Energy Office of capabilities for its researchers, andNuclear Energy (DOE-NE) federal fund key NSUF initiatives. stakeholders and partner facilities. 16"