Equipment

Irradiation Cell

At one end of the reactor pool is a large room that allows dry irradiation of samples up to 20 feet long. Samples are only 3 inches from the operating reactor, allowing maximum dry irradiation to the largest of samples. This is a unique facility in the research reactor community.

In-core Irradiation Devices

In-core irradiation devices allow for a variety of geometries, given that the active region of the core is 15 inches long. The newest facility is our Very Large Long Tube, which can hold and rotate samples up to 7 inches in diameter.Other in-core irradiation devices include:

• Long tubes
  • Internal diameter of 2.25 inches
• Fast Flux Irradiation Device (FFID)
  • A boron-lined tube that provides fast neutrons relatively free of thermal neutrons
  • 1-inch diameter limit
• Pneumatic devices
  • Allow for small samples to be put into and taken out of the core quickly
• Multiple Beam Ports
  • Ideal for a variety of neutron beam work