Gamma Irradiation Facility (GIF)
Sandia National Laboratories, New Mexico
- Institution Name
-
Sandia National Laboratories
- Name
- Gamma Irradiation Facility (GIF)
- Building
- GIF at TA-V
- Primary Facility Type
- Gamma Irradiations
- Secondary Facility Type
- Hot Cells
- Tertiary Facility Type
- Advanced Instrumentation and Controls
- Core Functions
- Co-60 irradiation has 137kCi of Co-60 (2014) in 18' deep pool of DI water.
- Unique Functions
- Test objects at the GIF can be as large as tanks or as small as microchips.
- Hotwork Facilities
- No Hotwork Facilities Defined
- Support Equipment
- No Support Equipment Defined
- Radiological Limit
- >1R/hr @ 30cm
- Materials Allowed
- beta/gamma only
- Sample Encapsulation
- No Sample Encapsulation Defined
- Atmosphere
- No Atmosphere Defined
- Commissioning Date
- 2001
- Recent Upgrade
- No Recent Upgrade Defined
- RAM License
- Department of Energy
- License End Date
- 2099
- Docket Number
- 0
- User Facility
- No
- GAIN Partner
- No
- NSUF Partner
- Yes
- NE Use Percentage
- No NE Use Percentage Defined
- Utilization Hours
- No Utilization Hours Defined
- Number Of Users
- No Number Of Users Defined
- Number Of Staff
- No Number Of Staff Defined
- Point Of Contact
- Don Hanson
- Website URL
-
http://www.sandia.gov/research/facilities/gamma_irradiation_facility.html
- Date Of Data
- August 8, 2017
