User Facilities and Services

Empowering the next generation of nuclear innovation through cutting-edge facilities and expert services tailored to your research goals.

In-Pool Irradiation Facilities

These facilities include wet and dry irradiation ports with various diameters and instruments that enable irradiation under different testing conditions.

Neutron Imaging Facility

Neutron radiography is a powerful non-destructive imaging technique for the internal evaluation of materials or components.

positron beam test showing glow on imaging plate

Intense Positron Beam Facility

Positron can be used as a unique non-destructive probe to materials, especially to characterize the vacancy and free volume properties with exceptional sensitivity.

Neutron Powder Diffraction (NPD) Facility

Neutron powder diffraction is a powerful technique to determine the atomic structure of materials. Unlike X-rays, neutrons are uniquely sensitive to light elements like hydrogen and the internal magnetic ordering of a material.

A micrograph of Uranium Oxide (UO2) particles.

Fission Gas Release (FGR) Measurement Facility

The Fission Gas Release Measurement Facility strives to answer some of the fundamental questions of the diffusion behavior of fission gases through solid fuels.

Molten Salt Irradiation Facility

A suite of specialized facilities is being developed to investigate the performance of materials and instruments under the extreme radiation, chemical, and thermal environments of Molten Salt Reactors.

Gamma Irradiation

Cobalt-60 irradiator provides a high energy gamma field that induces radiation damage without activating the samples, widely used to create novel, improved traits in plants and microorganisms.

Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis

Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis (INAA) is one of the most sensitive analytical techniques used for the quantitative multi-element analysis of major, minor, and trace elements in samples from almost every conceivable field of scientific or technical interest.

Ultra-Cold Neutron Source

Ultra-cold neutron (UCN) source produces neutrons with extremely low kinetic energy, allowing them to be trapped in material or magnetic bottles, which are vital for fundamental physics research, specifically for measuring the neutron’s lifetime and searching for its electric dipole moment.

Hot Cell Facility

A hot cell facility has been set up in the reactor bay floor, which makes handling strong radioactive sources and activated materials possible.

Internet Reactor Laboratories

The Internet Reactor Laboratory (IRL) was pioneered to provide remote labs to academic institutions and make reactor labs accessible to a boarder audience over the internet.

Isotope Production

The PULSTAR reactor offers customizable isotope production services, which addresses the needs for rapid, flexible irradiation for medical, industrial, and research applications.

User Guide

Learn how to access the PULSTAR facilities & services

NRP History

Learn more about the history of NRP reactors

Contact Us

Email

nrp-pulstar@ncsu.edu

Phone

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919.515.7294

Mailing Address

Campus Box 7909
1111 Burlington Labs | 2500 Stinson Drive
NC State University
Raleigh, NC 27695