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The Open-pool Australian lightwater reactor (OPAL) is a 20 megawatt (MW) pool-type nuclear research reactor. Officially opened in April 2007, it replaced the High Flux Australian Reactor as Australia's only nuclear reactor, and is located at the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO) Research Establishment in Lucas Heights, New South Wales, a suburb of Sydney. Both OPAL and its predecessor have been commonly known as simply the Lucas Heights reactor, after their location. ==Functions== The main reactor uses are: * Irradiation of target materials to produce radioisotopes for medical and industrial applications * Research in the fields of materials science and structural biology using neutron beams and its sophisticated suite of experimental equipment * Analysis of minerals and samples using the neutron activation technique and the delay neutron activation technique * Irradiation of silicon ingots in order to dope them with phosphorus and produce the basic material used in the manufacturing of semiconductor devices The reactor runs on an operation cycle of 30 days non-stop at full power, followed by a stop of 5 days to reshuffle the fuel. During year 2014 OPAL ran a total of 290 days at power, which represents a world-leading level of availability. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Open-pool Australian lightwater reactor」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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