A significant proportion of user-initiated experiments at RARAF are service oriented. Service is generally characterized by routine operation of our current technologies, in which we provide support, but not necessarily significant intellectual input. For such studies, users can choose to come to RARAF for their experiment, or samples can be sent to us for irradiation, and we will irradiate and return the samples. When needed, RARAF staff will provide appropriate training. RARAF guidelines defining a service-based experiment are:

1. The experiment is fully designed by the user with minimal input from RARAF staff;

2. The experiment uses existing facilities and requires at most minor modifications;

3. RARAF is acknowledged in all resulting publications but RARAF personnel are not necessarily co-authors;

4. A fee will normally be charged on a per-hour or per-day basis.

Resources Currently Available for Service-Based Experiments