This is the history of the Neutron Science and Technology Center, one of the organizational bodies of the Comprehensive Research Organization for Science and Society (CROSS), For the overall history of the CROSS, please refer to the website of the CROSS Headquarters Office.
November 1988
Establishment of the Vacuum Science Institute Foundation (the predecessor of CROSS)
June 1998
A Progressive Reorganization from the Vacuum Science Institute Foundation to the Comprehensive Research Organization for Science and Society (CROSS)
2008
Completion of J-PARC: A Turning Point for CROSS’s New Business Development
April 2010
Establishment of the Tokai Operations Center, (the predecessor of the Neutron Science and Technology Center)
February 2011
Application Submitted by CROSS for Designation as a Registered Institution
March 2011
CROSS designated as a Registered Institution
April 2011
Utilization Promotion Activities Commenced as a Registered Institution at the Tokai Operations Center
2016
Tokai Operations Center renamed to the Neutron Science and Technology Center
