The Board has limited oversight of research reactors associated with defense nuclear material. The primary facility is the Annular Core Research Reactor facility located at Sandia National Laboratories. This equipment allows Sandia researchers to subject various test objects to a mixed photon and neutron irradiation environment featuring either a very rapid pulse rate or a long-term, steady-state rate.
Correspondence, reports and recommendations related to Annular Core Research Reactor reviews including associated construction projects, DOE safety directive reviews, and observations of the safety of experiment planning, preparations and conduct.