Services & consultancy

Irradiations

Using the HOR, the Reactor Institute Delft can perform various irradiations for you. The purpose might be to modify material properties, accelerate aging, induce radioactivity - or any other. Strict legislation is applied throughout when radioactivity is to be induced.

We can irradiate your material with neutrons, high-energy gamma-rays, i.e. photons from the reactor core itself, gamma-ray from an intense 60Co source, positrons from the POSH or from a 22Na source, and pulsed, accelerated electrons from the van der Graaff accelerator.

INAA

Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis (INAA) is a chemical analysis technique that allows for multi-element concentration determinations through nuclear processes. The technique is eminently suitable for investigation of materials for nuclear applications, such as power reactor construction. Also, it is one of the very few techniques that can determine halogen concentrations (fluorine, chlorine, bromine, iodine). The Laboratory for INAA is part of the Reactor Institute Delft and offers to perform such analyses for third parties. The laboratory has a non-accredited quality system in accordance with ISO-IEC 17025:2005.

For more information please go to INAA.

FISH Neutron Imaging

FISH (First Imaging Station Holland), thermal and cold, are two medium-resolution neutron imaging facilities installed at the 2.3 MW research reactor of Delft University of Technology. These instruments serve as a key resource for national and international scientific, education and industry applications. The technique offers non-invasive, in-operando 2D and 3D neutron imaging capabilities, enabling detailed analysis of the bulk of samples at length scales ranging from micrometres to decimetres.

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PEARL Diffractometer

PEARL is a medium-resolution, general-purpose neutron diffractometer installed at the 2.3 MW research reactor of Delft University of Technology. PEARL is ideal for conducting diffraction experiments on powdered samples, with varying sample environment capabilities (temperature ranging from 1.7 K to 1500 K). This makes the instrument highly capable and scientifically diverse for studying temperature-dependent structural and/or magnetic transitions. The wide range of applications includes, but is not limited to, energy materials, magnetic materials, high-entropy alloys, magneto-caloric materials etc.

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ROG Neutron reflectometer

The ROG neutron reflectometer measures the way neutrons are reflected by flat surfaces and interfaces with the aim to provide information about the thickness, composition and roughness of thin films and other layered structures. It can be used to study (stacks of) layers with thicknesses of 5 - 150 nm while providing a resolution up to 0.2 nm. Neutron reflectometry can be used to non-destructively study both liquid and solid samples in a variety of different experimental conditions.

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Industrial services and consultancy

The knowledge and facilities of RID are available to the Dutch as well as the international community. We can help you if you have any questions, if you need advice, or if you are involved in a project in which radioactivity or ionizing radiation plays a role. You can submit your requests to the Stralingsbeschermingseenheid (SBE).