User Guide

The PULSTAR Reactor user facilities, irradiation facilities, internet reactor laboratories, and analytical services provided by the Nuclear Services Laboratory are available for use by academic research faculty and staff within the UNC system or at other academic institutions, and by governmental agencies and industries in the State of North Carolina, the United States, and the international community.

The PULSTAR Reactor Laboratory is a partner facility of the DOE Idaho National Laboratory Nuclear Science User Facilities (NSUF) consortium. This collaboration is designed to increase user access to state-of-the-art irradiation and testing capabilities, including those available at the PULSTAR reactor. The NSUF Rapid Turnaround Experiment (RTE) program, Super-RTE program, and Consolidated Innovative Nuclear Research (CINR) program makes these facilities available at no cost to users whose projects are selected via a peer review process.

The PULSTAR is also part of the Research Triangle Nanotechnology Network (RTNN), a consortium of user facilities and over 100 complementary faculty research programs at NC State University, UNC Chapel Hill, and Duke University. RTNN technical capabilities span nanofabrication and nano-characterization of traditional hard, dry materials (e.g., 2D and 3D nanomaterials, metamaterials, photonics, and heterogeneous integration) and emerging soft, wet materials (e.g., tissue, textile, plant, and animal nanomaterials).

Nuclear Services

The mission of Nuclear Services is to provide high quality analytical and irradiation services utilizing the irradiation and user facilities associated with the PULSTAR Reactor. These services are available for use by research faculty and staff within the UNC system or at other academic institutions, and by governmental agencies and industries in the State of North Carolina and the Nation. Please contact the Manager of Nuclear Services for more information about how to access and utilize the NRP facilities.