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The Los Alamos Neutron Science Center (LANSCE) User Facility has just celebrated over 53 years of beam operations. LANSCE is a kilometer-long H+/H- linear accelerator serving five active and unique user facilities. In 2024, due to several issues, including spare klystron inventory being at a critically low level, operations were limited to a low energy. In 2025, resuming full-energy operations proved to be more challenging than originally anticipated after a significant portion of our equipment had been off for over a year. We are moving forward with a three-pronged approach to address our klystron inventory issues. To address a subset of obsolescence and reliability issues, the LANSCE Accelerator Modernization Project (LAMP) is underway and received US Department of Energy CD-0 (Mission Need) approval on November 25, 2024. The project is developing processes for risk reduction, including making use of a unique facility at LANSCE which includes a beam line tunnel for accelerator development. This area will be used to stage a major portion of the LAMP Upgrade prior to installation. We will discuss the status of LANSCE operations, LAMP, short-term and long-term paths forward.
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