CX-270165: Sample Preparation Laboratory

Understanding nuclear fuel and material performance in the nuclear environment at the micro, nano, and atomic scale requires suitable nuclear facilities that can accommodate such research. Therefore, Department of Energy (DOE) proposes to construct a new, modern facility at the Materials and Fuels Complex (MFC) at Idaho National Laboratory (INL) to support these needed capabilities. The proposed facility, the Sample Preparation Laboratory (SPL), would provide needed capabilities by supplementing current capabilities at MFC (e.g., the Irradiated Materials Characterization Laboratory [IMCL] and Hot Fuel Examination Facility [HFEF]) with a functionally focused building dedicated to non-alpha sample preparation that would support deployment of equipment to study fuel and material performance in the nuclear environment at the micro, nano, and atomic scale.