CRITICAL TESTING
We help keep our nation safe
High-resolution imaging and strategic survivability testing for aerospace, defense, and advanced manufacturing.
Differentiator
Get access that aging reactors can’t provide
The old way
For decades, agencies and companies have depended on overbooked research reactors – decades old and constrained by cost, regulation and limited availability.
The SHINE way
Our neutron systems give mission-critical industries reliable access, production-scale throughput and auditable data. Since 2017, aerospace, defense and industrial customers have relied on our testing to qualify parts and catch defects.
RADIATION EFFECTS TESTING
If it fails, there’s no second chance
Space and defense electronics face radiation that most labs can’t simulate. A part can pass every standard test and still fail when radiation hits. Our testing helps prove it works under extreme conditions before it’s deployed.
We test what’s too critical to fail.
Imaging
We image the parts that keep pilots safe
Neutron imaging can see inside a component in ways an X-ray can’t. It can find trapped moisture, a blocked cooling channel in an engine blade, or a gap in the explosive charge of an ejection seat. From the outside, the part looks perfect. We find the flaw before it flies.
We catch what’s too critical to be missed.
Fuel scanning
Scanning the fuel that powers U.S. reactors
Before nuclear fuel ever loads into a reactor, we help to prove it’s safe. Our equipment scans a large portion of the fuel made in the U.S., catching defects before they ever reach a power plant.
A large portion of U.S. nuclear fuel is inspected on SHINE-built equipment.
What Our Customers Say
“There’s no better company than SHINE for 14 MeV neutrons. We’ll be using SHINE Testing. Full stop.”
Energetic component inspected by SHINE
Subcontract Program Manager
“The pilot of an F-16C successfully ejected during a landing mishap, walking away without injury. It marked the 714th life saved by our seat, inspected through SHINE’s Imaging Center.”
Subcontract Program Manager
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