The Advanced Test Reactor National Scientific User Facility (ATR NSUF), centered at Idaho National Laboratory (INL), and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Reactor (MITR) have announced a partnership designed to increase user access to national reactor irradiation and testing capability.

NSUF Scientific Director Todd Allen said that with the ATR NSUF fall 2008 solicitation for experiments, the MITR will offer a portion of its test capability to the NSUF experimenters.

"This arrangement increases opportunities for reactor testing and provides the NSUF greater flexibility to respond to user needs," Allen said.

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