The irradiation of materials in a research reactor serves many purposes. These include the production of radioactive sources for basic research, activation of samples for neutron activation analysis and industrial applications, such as the production of tracers for the chemicals industry or semiconductor doping. For this reason, FRM II is equipped with a series of irradiation facilities, which allow a flexible range of potential applications both with regard to the available sample volumes and with regard to the achievable neutron fluences.       

In principle, the FRM II irradiation service is available to all parties interested either in research or in practical applications. For a customer to be authorised to carry out irradiation, he/she must have a valid handling licence for radioactive substances. In addition, each individual irradiation job will be subject to a safety and handling assessment, including amongother things an activation calculation.