The Department of Energy’s funded Nuclear Science User Facility (NSUF) offers a wide range of research opportunities for nuclear energy researchers and connects researchers with desired nuclear research infrastructure. Users are provided access (at no cost to the researcher) to world-class nuclear research facilities, technical expertise from experienced scientists and engineers, and assistance with experiment design, assembly, safety analysis and examination. While the core of NSUF facilities are at Idaho National Laboratory (INL) several university (including UCB) and other national laboratories facilities are part of the NSUF network. A complete description of NSUF and the partner facilities can be found here (link)
UC-Berkeley’s nuclear materials infrastructure is part of the NSUF since 2011 and fulfilled a range of user projects as listed further below. Most equipment listed on the facilities page can be used through NSUF user proposals. We highly encourage interested users to contact the facility lead Peter Hosemann (peterh@berkeley.edu) for further information and to coordinate proposals.