Irradiated Material Examination and Testing Facility

The Irradiated Material Examination and Testing (IMET) Facility, Building 3025E, was designed and built in 1950 as a hot cell facility. It is a block-and-brick structure with a two-story high bay and houses six heavily shielded cells and 60 shielded storage wells. 

It includes the Specimen Prep Lab (SPL) with its associated laboratory hood and glove boxes; an operating area, where control and monitoring instruments supporting the in-cell test equipment are staged; a utility corridor; a hot equipment storage area; a tank vault room; office space; a trucking area with access to the high bay; and an outside steel building for storage. Tests and examinations are conducted in six dedicated hot cells and in a laboratory hood or modified glove boxes in the SPL.

What the facility does: 

• Physical and mechanical properties testing
• Examination of irradiated materials
• Irradiated specimen storage 
• Sample preparation