The Open-pool Australian lightwater reactor is a 20 megawatt swimming pool nuclear research reactor. Officially opened in April 2007, it replaced the High Flux Australian Reactor as Australia's only n
The OPAL reactor pools. Made of stainless steel and 4.5-metre (15 ft) wide, it contains demineralised water used for shielding and cooling.
Engineering drawing of the ECHIDNA High-Resolution Powder Diffractometer (August 2003)
The Ge-115 monochromator has been acquired from the Brookhaven National Laboratory.
High Flux Australian Reactor
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The High Flux Australian Reactor was Australia's first nuclear research reactor. It was built at the Australian Atomic Energy Commission research establishment at Lucas Heights, Sydney, New South Wale
Open-pool Australian lightwater reactor
…Australian lightwater reactor (OPAL) is a 20 megawatt (MW) swimming pool nuclear research reactor. Officially opened in April 2007, it replaced the High Flux Australian Reactor (HIFAR) as Australia's only nuclear reactor, and is located at the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation’s (ANSTO) research establishment…
HIFAR at Lucas Heights, 1958
Structure of the HIFAR reactor and building