Radiography Project Utilizes Mailroom X-ray Machine

Two nuclear engineering majors utilized the x-ray machine in the military mailroom to further their research into establishing a radiography lab inside Bartlett Hall. While the Department of Physics and Nuclear Engineering (PaNE) does not yet have an x-ray machine for the lab, cadets have utilized gamma sources and KACH facilities, along with a ScanX Scout computed radiography system to produce images of industrial items. The x-ray machine at the mailroom turned out to be unable to be used in academic desired ways because it is purpose built for parcel scanning. This experience with a different type of x-ray machine allows them to better understand what equipment should be procured for an industrial radiography capability in the House of PaNE.