A material capsule system including a main capsule, a fixing, a control, a cutting, and a
transport system was developed for an irradiation test of non-fissile materials in HANARO. This
capsule system has been actively utilized for the various material irradiation tests requested by users
from research institutes, universities, and the industries. Based on the accumulated irradiation
experience and the user’s sophisticated requirements, the instrumented capsule technologies for a
more precise control of the irradiation temperature and fluence of a specimen were developed in
HANARO. 6,000 specimens from domestic research institutes, nuclear industry companies and
universities, were irradiated in HANARO for 54,000 hours by using the developed capsule irradiation
system. Recently, development of new instrumented capsule technologies for an IP/OR irradiation
test and a high temperature irradiation test has been performed in HANARO for relevant ongoing
R&D for the international Gen IV Program. New irradiation technologies are also under development
for the production of new functional materials including superconductor and optical/electrical
materials.