MARIA Reactor Irradiation Technology Capabilities towards Advanced Applications
Marek Migdał, Emilia Balcer, Łukasz Bartosik, Łukasz Bąk, Agnieszka Celińska, J. Cybowska, Krzysztof Dobrzelewski, Janusz Jaroszewicz, K. Jezierski, Natalia Knake, Wojciech Kubiński, Jan Lechniak, Maciej Lipka, G. Madejowski, Adam Małkiewicz, Łukasz Murawski, Ireneusz Owsianko, Bartłomiej Piwowarski, R. Prokopowicz, Anna Talarowska, Emilia Wilińska, Tomasz G. Witkowski, Piotr Witkowski, Grzegorz Wojtania, Marcin Wójcik
Abstract
The MARIA research reactor is designed and operated as a multipurpose nuclear installation, combining material testing, neutron beam experiments, and medical and industrial radionuclide production, including molybdenum-99 (99Mo). Recently, after fuel conversion to LEU and rejuvenation of the staff while maintaining their experience, MARIA has been used to respond to the increased interest of the scientific community in advanced nuclear power studies, both fission and fusion. In this work, we would like to introduce MARIA’ s capabilities in the irradiation technology field and how it can serve future nuclear research worldwide.