Starting a new era of nuclear innovation with Argonne’s Activated Materials Lab
A new facility being built at the Advanced Photon Source will allow research into irradiated materials.
August 20, 2021, 4:14PMNuclear News
This rendering shows the Activated Materials Laboratory (AML), to be constructed as part of the Advanced Photon Source upgrade that includes the High-Energy X-ray Microscope (HEXM) and the In Situ Nanoprobe (ISN). This new facility will simplify the process of researching nuclear materials.
(Image: Argonne National Laboratory)
The lack of a specialized laboratory at Argonne National Laboratory’s Advanced Photon Source (APS) has slowed efforts to study irradiated materials at the facility. Things will change soon, however, with the addition of the new Activated Materials Laboratory that is planned to be built and operational by 2024.
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