NON ACTINIDE IRRADIATED MATERIALS HANDLING, CHARACTERISATION & TESTING

The Royce non actinide irradiated materials handling, characterisation and testing platform is located in the UKAEA Materials Research Facility (MRF), a user facility for the preparation, characterisation and testing of β/γ radioactive materials. It bridges the gap between low activity university facilities and the high activity licensed nuclear sites.

The MRF supports materials research into both structural and functional materials for the commercial realisation of primarily fusion but also new build fission power generation and particle accelerator applications. 

Sample cutting, grinding and polishing facilities housed in:

• High active hotcell facilities 
• Low active and Beryllium glovebox
• Non active facility

• 10kN static load frame
• 15kN Fatigue load frame
• High temperature small punch test
• Instrumented indenter
• Nano position stage nano indenter
• 5kN High Vac load frame, 650°C capable with DIC
• Small scale mechanical tester with DIC

• XRD
• AFM
• RAMAN
• Gallium FIB
• SEM EDS/WDS/EBSD

Future Capability:

• Plasma FIB EDS/EBSD
• TEM
• EBSD and Cryo Ga FIB upgrades

• Dilatometer
• Simultaneous Thermal Analysis
• Laser Flash Analysis
• Impulse Excitation testing
• Pycnometry
• High Vac DSC with Mass Spec
• PPMS