Nuclear Industry Support Services by the Buffalo Materials Research Center
- Buffalo Materials Research Center, Buffalo, NY (United States)
The Buffalo Materials Research Center (BMRC) is located on the campus of the State University of New York at Buffalo, Principal facilities within BMRC include a 2-MW PULSTAR, low-enrichment reactor, an electron accelerator, and irradiated materials remote testing facilities. The reactor and the materials testing facilities have been utilized extensively in support of the power reactor community since 1961. This paper briefly highlights the nature and scope of this service. The BMRC is operated for the university by Buffalo Materials Research, Inc., a private for-profit company, which is a subsidiary of Materials Engineering Associates, Inc. (MEA), a Maryland-based materials testing company. A primary mission of MEA has been research on the effects of neutron irradiation on reactor structural materials, including those used for pressure vessel and piping systems. The combined resources of MEA and BMRC have played a pivotal role in the assessment of reactor pressure vessel safety both in the United States and abroad and in the development of new radiation-resistant steels.
- OSTI ID:
- 6844304
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-931160-; CODEN: TANSAO
- Journal Information:
- Transactions of the American Nuclear Society; (United States), Vol. 69; Conference: American Nuclear Society (ANS) winter meeting, San Francisco, CA (United States), 14-18 Nov 1993; ISSN 0003-018X
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
Similar Records
Mixed enrichment core design for the NC State University PULSTAR Reactor
Status of the cyclotron/P.E.T. facility at the State University of New York at Buffalo
Related Subjects
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE
PULSTAR-BUFFALO REACTOR
MATERIALS TESTING
IRRADIATION
PIPES
PRESSURE VESSELS
RADIATION EFFECTS
REACTOR OPERATION
REACTOR OPERATORS
STEELS
TESTING
TRAINING
ALLOYS
ANIMALS
CONTAINERS
EDUCATION
ENRICHED URANIUM REACTORS
IRON ALLOYS
IRON BASE ALLOYS
IRRADIATION REACTORS
ISOTOPE PRODUCTION REACTORS
MAMMALS
MAN
OPERATION
PERSONNEL
POOL TYPE REACTORS
PRIMATES
REACTORS
RESEARCH AND TEST REACTORS
RESEARCH REACTORS
VERTEBRATES
WATER COOLED REACTORS
WATER MODERATED REACTORS
220600* - Nuclear Reactor Technology- Research
Test & Experimental Reactors
360106 - Metals & Alloys- Radiation Effects