Irradiated Material Examination and Testing Facility
Irradiated Material Examination and Testing Facility
The Irradiated Material Examination and Testing (IMET) Facility was designed and built in 1950 as a hot cell facility. It is a block-and-brick structure with a two-story high bay and houses six heavily shielded cells and 60 shielded storage wells. It includes the Specimen Prep Lab (SPL) with its associated laboratory hood and glove boxes; an operating area, where control and monitoring instruments supporting the in-cell test equipment are staged; a utility corridor; a hot equipment storage area; a tank vault room; office space; a trucking area with access to the high bay; and an outside steel building for storage. Tests and examinations are conducted in six dedicated hot cells and in a laboratory hood or modified glove boxes in the SPL.
Specifications
Hot Cells
Six interconnected hot cells
Workspace
600 square-feet of test equipment workspace
Crane Capacity
Five ton capacity of overhead crane
What We Do
Physical, mechanical properties testing
Irradiated materials examination
Irradiated specimen storage
Sample preparation
In-cell Capabilities
Sample sorting, identification
Sample Machining
Sample machining using a CNC milling machine and diamond saws
Furnace Annealing
Automated Welding
Ultrasonic Cleaning
Testing
High-temperature, high-vacuum testing
Tensile Testing
Tensile testing with high-vacuum chamber option
Impact Testing
Impact testing, fatigue and fracture toughness testing of standard and subsize impact specimens
Automated Micro-hardness Testing
Profilometry
Scanning Electron Microscopy