Volume 1: Introduction to the HFIR Futures - Enhanced Capabilities Series
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Since it began operating at full power in 1966, the High Flux Isotope Reactor (HFIR) has contributed unparalleled neutron science capabilities to research on neutron scattering, isotope production, materials and fuels irradiation, and neutron activation analysis. HFIR is a high-performance, multi-mission research reactor operated on behalf of the US Department of Energy (DOE) at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). In 2020, a DOE Basic Energy Sciences Advisory Committee Subcommittee (BESAC) published a report recommending that DOE make significant investments in HFIR to enable continued operations beyond the year 2100 while also enabling new research and isotope production capabilities. ORNL organized an initiative to investigate how to specifically address the report’s key recommendations, including enabling long-term operation, brainstorming future scientific research needs, and outlining the infrastructure required to realize these future research capabilities. A multivolume series of reports has been developed to document the nonscattering enhancements. This volume, the introductory report, provides an overview of HFIR and the initiative.
- Research Organization:
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) Program
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC05-00OR22725
- OSTI ID:
- 1996714
- Report Number(s):
- ORNL/TM--2022/2691/V1
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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