Los Alamos Radioisotopes and Analytical Resource

The Los Alamos Radioisotopes and Analytical Resource represents an integrated capability for the production, application, and analysis of radioisotopic materials. The Resource consists equipment and facilities found in several different locations, including

• an irradiation facility for bombardment of materials with 800 MeV protons, primarily for the spallation production of neutron deficient radioisotopes;
• hot-cells and radiochemistry laboratories for chemical processing and handling highly radioactive materials;
• a state of the art counting facility for the assay of radioactive substances;
• extensive instrumental capability for elemental analysis of radioactive samples; and
• hot-cells which allow limited chemical processing and handling for higher-level alpha emitting materials such as uranium fuel elements. (This part of the facility has limited access.)

The Resource's staff has extensive expertise in remote chemical processing, radioanalytical chemistry, nuclear chemistry, handling and transportation of radioactive materials, and radioactive waste handling. The facility is available for government, academic, and industrial users interested in the science, application, and analysis of radioactive materials.

Equipment

See above description

Facility Access

Restricted

Last Update: 17 March 1997

Technical Contact
Dennis Phillips
CST-11
Mail Stop: J514
Phone: 505-667-5425
Fax: 505-665-4955
E-mail Address: drp@lanl.gov