Neutron irradiation is the process of subjecting a sample to neutrons.
The UCD MNRC specializes in three irradiation services: Radiation
Hardness Testing, Neutron
Activation Analysis, and Isotope
Production Facilities
The UCD MNRC has multiple facilities to perform neutron irradiation.
These include in-core areas, out-of-core areas and a bay to accommodate
a wide variety of sample shapes and sizes.
Reactor configuration
The in-core facilities include one central core facility (CIF),
one pneumatic transfer system (PTS) and more than 10 in-core facilities
(NTD). The pneumatic transfer system exposes the sample to the in-core
flux and automatically returns the sample to a controlled ventilated
experimental hood. The In-tank Out-of-Core facilities (NIF) include
an Environmental Exposure Chamber.
Flux information for
these facilities is available here (PDF)

Typical Neutron Spectrum for In-Core
Irradiations
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