Small Hot Cell, with remote manipulators. Fully equipped machine and electronic shops. Several radiochemistry labs with fume hoods, counters, and standard lab equipment. When you look at the reactor from the top of the pool you see a bright blue glow emanating from around the reactor. This blue glow is called Cerenkov radiation, named after a Russian scientist who identified its origin.
Some fission products emit high-energy charged particles as they decay.
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