Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Page 13 Page 14 Page 15 Page 16 Page 17 Page 18 Page 19 Page 20 Page 21 Page 22 Page 23 Page 24 Page 25 Page 26 Page 27 Page 28 Page 29 Page 30 Page 31 Page 32 Page 33 Page 34 Page 35 Page 36 Page 37 Page 38 Page 39 Page 40 Page 41 Page 42 Page 43 Page 44 Page 45 Page 46 Page 47 Page 48 Page 49 Page 50 Page 51 Page 52 Page 53 Page 54 Page 55 Page 56 Page 57 Page 58 Page 59 Page 60 Page 61 Page 62 Page 63 Page 64 Page 65 Page 66 Page 67 Page 68 Page 69 Page 70 Page 71 Page 72 Page 73 Page 74 Page 75 Page 76 Page 77 Page 78 Page 79 Page 80 Page 81 Page 82 Page 83 Page 84 Page 85 Page 86 Page 87 Page 88 Page 89 Page 90 Page 91 Page 92 Page 93 Page 94 Page 95 Page 96 Page 97 Page 98 Page 99 Page 100 Page 101 Page 102 Page 103 Page 104 Page 105 Page 106 Page 107 Page 108 Page 109 Page 110 Page 111 Page 112 Page 113 Page 114 Page 115 Page 116 Page 117 Page 118 Page 119 Page 120 Page 121 Page 122 Page 123 Page 1242015 | ANNUAL REPORT 31 The Positronium Annihilation Lifetime Spectrometer, located in the PULSTAR reactor facility on the NC State North Campus in Raleigh, N.C. The Scanning Electron Microscope in Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s LAMDA facility. A hot cell in the Radiochemistry Processing Laboratory at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. The Electron Microscopy Laboratory (EML) is dedicated to materials char- acterization, primarily using transmis- sion electron, scanning electron and optical microscopy.The EML also houses a focused ion beam (FIB) that allows examination and small-sample preparation of radioactive materials. Center for Advanced Energy Studies Microscopy and Characterization Suite The MaCS is equipped to handle low- level radiological samples as well as nonradiological samples. MaCS offers several high-end pieces of equipment, including a local electrode atom probe (LEAP), automated hardness tester, scanning electron microscope (SEM), nanoindenter and atomic force micro- scope, transmission electron micro- scope (TEM) and focused ion beam. North Carolina State University Nuclear Services Laboratories Post-irradiation examination capa- bilities at NCSU’s Nuclear Services Laboratories include neutron activa- tion analysis, radiography and imaging capabilities, and positron spectrometry. Oak Ridge National Laboratory Hot Cells, Radiological Laboratories, LAMDA Facility ORNL hot cells and radiological laboratories offer a wide variety of research and development and production capabilities from radiochemistry and isotope packaging to materials testing to irradiated fuels examination. Facilities include the Irradiated Materials Examination and Testing (IMET) facility, Irradiated Fuels Examination Laboratory (IFEL) and Radiochemical Engineering Development Center (REDC). The LAMDA Laboratory, added in 2012, offers post-irradiation examination capabilities including refractory element test stands for tensile testing, optical and scanning electron microscopes, and thermal diffusivity and density measurement equipment. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Radiochemistry Processing Laboratory, Materials Science and Technology Laboratory The RPL and the Materials Science andTechnology Laboratory (MSTL) offer a wide range of specialized equipment for handling and testing fuels and materials. Capabilities include experiment hardware design, fabrication and assembly, testing facilities for both nonradioactive and radioactive structural materials, and the advanced characterization of unirradiated and irradiated fuels and materials using instruments including TEM, SEM and optical microscopy.