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Welcome to the McClellan Nuclear Radiation Center (MNRC). At the heart of the MNRC is the newest research reactor in the United States. The nuclear reactor at the MNRC attained first operation in 1990, and has over 30 years of productive service remaining.
The custom designed TRIGA (Training, Research, and Isotope Production General Atomics) reactor can operate at a steady state power of up to 2 MW or pulse to approximately 1000 MW for 20 milliseconds. Our staff of 20 reactor operators, health physics technicians, scientists and engineers has over 100 years of experience with the MNRC. Normal operations are 16 hours per day, five days a week, with two shifts. We have the flexibility to change operating schedules to meet customer requirements.
The MNRC was originally developed by the USAF to detect low-level corrosion and hidden defects in aircraft structures using neutron radiography. Since then, MNRC service has expanded to include computer tomography (three-dimensional neutron radiography), silicon doping, isotope production, neutron activation analysis, and radiation effects testing. We have the capability of moving materials and parts into the central core facility and locations adjacent to the core while the reactor is operating.
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PAPERS FROM 2008
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| Mohamed Boussoufi, Robert G. Flocchini, Manuel C. Lagunas-Solar, H. Ben Liu, and Walter G. Steingass (June 11, 2008) Development of a Large-Scale Iodine-125 Production System at UC Davis/MNRC |
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PAPERS FROM 2007
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| Leanne G. Tumlinson, Hungyuan Liu, Wendy K. Silk, and Jan W. Hopmans (August 14, 2007) THermal Neutron Computed Tomography of Soil Water and Plant Roots |
| Hal Egbert, Ronald Walker, and R. Flocchini (May 1, 2007) Neutron Tomography and Space |
| J. T. Cremer, H. Park, M. A. Piestrup, C. K. Gary, R. H. Pantell, R. G. Flocchini, H. P. Egbert, M. D. Kloh, and R. B. Walker (April 6, 2007) Simple microscope using a compound refractive lens and a wide-bandwidth thermal neutron beam |
| J. Spencer, S. D. Anderson, Z. Wolf, J. T. Volk, D. Pellett, and M. Boussoufi (January 2, 2007) Fast Neutron Radioactivity and Damage Studies on Materials |
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PAPERS FROM 2006
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| J. Choi, C. Lee, J. Farmer, D. Day, M. Wall, C. Saw, M. Boussoufi, H. B. Liu, H. Egbert, D. Branagan, and A. D'Amato (November 21, 2006) Application of Neutron-Absorbing Structural-Amorphous metal (SAM) Coatings for Spent Nuclear Fuel (SNF) Container to Enhance Criticality Safety Controls |
| M. Boussoufi, W. Steingass, R. Shiraki, H. B. Liu, and R. Flocchini (September 15, 2006) Radiation Hardness Testing of Materials at the UC Davis/ McClellan Nuclear Radiation Center |
| M. Boussoufi, W. Steingass, H. Egbert, H. B. Liu, and R. Flocchini (September 14, 2006) Non-Destructive Testing with Neutron Radiography at the UC Davis/ McClellan Nuclear Radiation Center |
| R. Flocchini, H. B. Liu, and M. Boussoufi (June 30, 2006) Development of a Large-Field Cold Neutron Source at the University of California, Davis, McClellan Nuclear Radiation Center (UCD/ MNRC) |
| K. Trzepla-Nabaglo, R. Shiraki, and B. A. Holm'en (January 18, 2006) Lidar characterization of crystalline silica generation and gravel plant |
| Hal Egbert, Ronald Walker, and R. Flocchini (January 1, 2006) Using neutrons to fight forest fires |
| P. Thy, B. M. Jenkins, S. Grundvig, R. Shiraki, and C. E. Lesher (January 1, 2006) High temperature elemental losses and mineralogical |
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PAPERS FROM 2005
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| P. Thy, S. Grundvig, B. M. Jenkins, R. Shiraki, and C. E. Lesher (July 1, 2005) Analytical Controlled Losses of Potassium from Straw |
| S. Anderson, J. Spencer, Z. Wolf, M. Boussoufi, A. Baldwin, D. Pellett, and J. Volk (May 1, 2005) Fast neutron Damage Studies on NdFeB Materials |
| M. Wilding, K. Shields, and C. E. Lesher (February 1, 2005) Application of neutron computed tomography in the geosciences |
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PAPERS FROM 2004
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| J. Spencer, J. Allen, S Anderson, Z Wolf, M. Boussoufi, D. Pellett, and J Volk (July 1, 2004) Radiation Damage Studies with Hadrons on Materials and Electronics |
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PAPERS FROM 2003
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| Wade J. Richards, M. R. Gibbons, and K. C. Shields (August 1, 2003) Neutron tomography developments and applications |
| Wade J. Richards, Michael J. Tuttle, Kirsten Ulowetz, and Robert Mcgee (August 1, 2003) Real-Time Neutron Radiography - Applications For The Automotive Industry |
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PAPERS FROM 1999
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| Matthew R. Gibbons, Wade J. Richards, and Kevin Shields (November 3, 1999) Optimization of neutron tomography for rapid hydrogen concentration inspection of metal castings |
| Michael A. Power (March 10, 1999) Reactor control system upgrade for the McClellan Nuclear Radiation Center |
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PAPERS FROM 1998
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| S. A. Brown-VanHoozer, Mike Power, and Hope Forsmann (August 27, 1998) Graphical user interfaces for the McCellan Nuclear Radiation Center (MNRC) |
| R. T. Jensen and Daniel L. Newell (May 5, 1998) Thermal hydraulic calculations to support increase in operating power in McClellan Nuclear Radiation Center(MNRC) TRIGA reactor. |
| Matthew R. Gibbons and Kevin Shields (February 19, 1998) Preprocessing of backprojection images in the McClellan Nuclear Radiation Center tomography system |
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PAPERS FROM 1997
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| Raymond T. Klann and Daniel L. Newell (December 8, 1997) Depletion calculations for the McClellan Nuclear Radiation Center. |
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