ETRR-2 has facilities for R&D and radioisotopes production:

1-Vertical Irradiation Channels:

        ·          26 vertical irradiation channels at reflectors area with thermal neutron flux up to 1 1014 n/cm2/sec

2-Radioiostped Production:

        ·          Core central position is dedicated for Co60 sources production. Dedicated hot cell for cobalt sources processing and calibration is available at the reactor building.

        ·          Other 3 hot cells (Transference, Universal, and Loading Cells) and transportation casks are available for radioisotopes handling and transportation outside the reactor building.

        ·          Radioisotope production labs are available at the site (Hot Labs center) for Iodine and phosphors production.

        ·          Radioisotopes production labs project is to be finished at the end of 2003 for Ir-192, Cr-51, Mo-99, and Tc-99 production.

 

3-Semiconductor Production (NTD Facility):

        ·          Two holes at the thermal column are dedicated for NTD facility.

        ·          The facility is equipped to irradiate 5 inches diameter ingots of 280 mm length.

        ·          Thermal to fast flux ratio at the NTD positions is 67.7.

        ·          The final resistively of the irradiated silicon ingots is 50 ohm.cm with less than 3 % inhomogenity in both axial and radial directions.

Post irradiation facilities are available with ingot characterization labs.
 
4-Pneumatic Tubes and NAA Labs:

        ·          Fast transport pneumatic tubes (2 tubes available). End station at chemical hood provided with radiological protection instrumentation.

        ·          One position at the reflector area with thermal flux of 9 1013 n/cm2/sec, and the other position is at the thermal column with thermal flux of 6.8 109 n/cm2/sec.

        ·          A Supervision and control system with data acquisition and recording modules are available for the facility operation (samples id, sending and receiving samples, time of flight accounting, auto-measure sample activity, and historical data.).

        ·          Environmental, geological, agricultural samples could be analyzed for different applications at the NAA labs, which is provided  with following measurements devices/systems:

a- Compton Suppression System

100% efficiency HPGe detector

Coincidence and anticoincidance electronic modules

Ultra low back ground lead shield

Compete qualitative and quantitative software.

b- HPGe spectroscopy systems

There are two HPGe spectroscopy systems; one P- type and the other is N- one. Each of them is composed of the following:

100% HPGe detector

Ultra-fast counting rate electronic modules

Ultra low back ground lead shield

Compete qualitative and quantitative software

c- NaI (Tl) spectroscopy system:

4 * 4 inch NaI(Tl) crystal

Modular electronic circuit

Ultra-low background shield

Qualitative and quantitative analysis software

 

5-Neutron Radiography Facility:
 5-1- Radiography Facility:

  ·          Mounted in front of a beam radial tube with proper shielding and samples handling mechanisms.

  ·          Beam port fluxes:

       Thermal flux: 1.05 108 n/cm2/sec

       Epithermal Flux: 2.00 108 n/cm2/sec

  ·          Thermal flux to gamma exposure ratio: 5 105 n/cm2.mR

  ·          L=3518 mm

  ·          D= 30 mm

 5-2- Underwater Neutron Radiography Facility

        ·          For irradiated samples non-destructive tests. Mounted at a radial beam tube housed at the main pool.

  ·          Beam port fluxes:

       Thermal flux: 1.8 109 n/cm2/sec

       Epithermal Flux: 3.4 108 n/cm2/sec

       Fast flux: 8.4 107 n/cm2/sec

  ·          Gamma exposure rate: 3.4 104 R/hr

  ·          L= 1377 mm

  ·          D=40 mm