Burring the surface of a pottery sherd
Grinding a sherd in an agate mortar
Weighing powdered samples on an analytical balance
A prepared ceramic sample ready for short (right) and long (left) irradiations
MURR's 10MW reactor pool
Sending samples into the reactor via pneumatic tube
Collecting data from the "short" 5-sec irradiation
Automatic sample changer that collects data from the "long" 24-hr irradiation
Gamma ray spectra, zoomed-in on Zn-65 at 1115.5 keV
Diagram showing the basics of neutron activation