Neutron radiography at the NRAD facility
The NRAD facility uses a 150 kW TRIGA reactor as a source of neutrons and is integrated with a hot cell such that highly radioactive specimens can be radiographed without removing them from the hot cell environment. A second beam tube is located in a separate shielded addition to HFEF and permits neutron radiography of irradiated or unirradiated specimens without subjecting them to the alpha-contaminated hot cell environment. Both beams are optimized for neutron radiography of highly radioactive nuclear fuels. Techniques for using these facilities are described. Advantages include: the ability to perform thermal and epithermal neutron radiography on specimens either inside or outside the hot cell, lack of competition for the use of the reactor, versatility of facility design, and the addition of neutron tomography. (LEW)
- Research Organization:
- Argonne National Lab., Idaho Falls, ID (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-31109-ENG-38
- OSTI ID:
- 5179532
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-840386-3; ON: DE84009182
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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BEAMS
ENRICHED URANIUM REACTORS
EQUIPMENT
FUEL ELEMENTS
HOMOGENEOUS REACTORS
HOT CELLS
HYDRIDE MODERATED REACTORS
INDUSTRIAL RADIOGRAPHY
LABORATORY EQUIPMENT
NEUTRON BEAMS
NEUTRON RADIOGRAPHY
NUCLEON BEAMS
PARTICLE BEAMS
REACTOR COMPONENTS
REACTORS
RESEARCH AND TEST REACTORS
SOLID HOMOGENEOUS REACTORS
TRIGA TYPE REACTORS
WATER COOLED REACTORS
WATER MODERATED REACTORS