A 2012 Department of Energy NEUP grant funded creation of the RSEL’s Nuclear Safeguards and Forensics (NSF) Laboratory. Development of the NSF space included installation of a Broad Energy High Purity Germanium (BEGe) gamma detection system (including Genie2K and ISOCS software), counter shield, Teflon-coated glove box, and a pneumatic rabbit transfer system.

The pneumatic transfer system uses a vacuum to insert and extract samples for irradiation. It couples the glove box and BEGe system to the D-T neutron generator vault, enabling rapid NAA analysis. Rabbit transfer systems are used to rapidly irradiate and examine samples, which is ideal for studying short-lived isotopes