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SWEIS Yearbook—2002 2-121Table 2.11.2-1. Los Alamos Neutron Science Center (TA-53)/Comparison of Operations (continued)CAPABILITY SWEIS ROD a 1998 YEARBOOK 1999 YEARBOOK 2000 YEARBOOK 2001 YEARBOOK 2002 YEARBOOKAcceleratorTransmutation ofWastes cConduct lead target tests fortwo years at Area A beamstop.No tests. No tests. No tests. No tests. No tests.Subatomic PhysicsResearchMedical IsotopeProductionImplement the Los AlamosInternational Facility forTransmutation. (Establishone-megawatt, then fivemegawattAcceleratorTransmutation of Wastestarget/blanket experimentareas adjacent to Area A.)Conduct 5-megawattexperiments for 10months/yr for four yearsusing about 3 kg of actinides.Conduct 5 to 10 physicsexperiments/yr at ManuelLujan Center, WNR facility,and LPSS.Continue neutrinoexperiment through FY97.Conduct proton radiographyexperiments, includingcontained experiments withhigh explosives.Irradiate up to approximately50 targets/yr for medicalisotope production.Added production of exotic,neutron-rich, and neutrondeficientisotopes (requiresmodification of an existingtarget area).Neither thetarget/blanketexperiment nor theLos AlamosInternational Facilityfor Transmutation wasconstructed.Neither thetarget/blanketexperiment nor the LosAlamos InternationalFacility forTransmutation wasconstructed.Neither thetarget/blanketexperiment nor the LosAlamos InternationalFacility forTransmutation wasconstructed.Neither thetarget/blanketexperiment nor theLos AlamosInternational Facilityfor Transmutation wasconstructed.Neither thetarget/blanketexperiment nor theLos AlamosInternational Facilityfor Transmutationwas constructed.No experiments. No experiments. No experiments. No experiments. No experiments.Between 5 and 10physics experimentswere conducted in1998.The neutrinoexperiment, extendedone year, concluded inSeptember 1998.Experimentsinvolving containedhigh explosives wereconducted in 1998.Production began inNovember 1998.Twelve targets wereirradiated.No production in1998.Ultra-cold neutronexperiments ran on 5occasions in the BlueRoom.Experiments involvingcontained highexplosives wereconducted on 10 daysin 1999.No production in 1999.No production in 1999.Ultra-cold neutronexperiments ran on 13days in the “B” linebeam tunnel room.Experiments involvingcontained highexplosives wereconducted on 28 daysin 2000.Ultra-cold neutronexperiments ran 10days in the “BlueRoom” (target 2).Fewer than 40experiments involvingcontained highexplosives wereconducted in 2001.No production in 2000. No production in2001.No production in 2000. No production in2001.No ultra-cold neutronexperiments were runduring 2002LANSCE beamoperations.42 experimentsinvolving containedhigh explosives wereconducted in 2002.No production in2002.No production in2002.