Editorial Proc. UCANS IX Online Conference, March 28–31, 2022.

Upcoming conferences, workshops and UCANS meetings will show further progress and developments and the present proceedings support the discussions and activities to develop and optimize CANS. The contributions published are grouped around work devoted to the topics of accelerator development, neutron source development, cryogenic moderators and various applications using CANS facilities. The Union for Compact Accelerator-driven Neutron Sources (UCANS) has organized regular meetings to discuss the state of the art and developments on this topic since 2010. [Extracted from the article]