The Argonne Tandem Linear Accelerator System (ATLAS) at Argonne National Lab is a superconducting ion linac capable of delivering beams ranging over all possible elements, from hydrogen to uranium, and at a wide range of beam currents and energies. The ATLAS scientific program is focused primarily on basic nuclear physics. In this contribution, we present the capabilities of ATLAS for high-rate radiation-damage studies for a variety of applications below the threshold of producing radioactivity. To date ATLAS has been used for such studies relevant to advanced reactors. These include studies of structural materials and damage induced by fission products in advanced fuel candidates. Such studies can be expanded to include in-situ measurements of response to damage in other materials used at high power densities such as for targets at spallation neutron sources and neutrino factories. ATLAS is in the process of a multi-user upgrade which adds the capability of simultaneously accelerating two ion beams and delivering them to different target stations. This enables ATLAS to deliver beams for nuclear physics research simultaneously with irradiation studies.

A new dedicated materials irradiation beamline and target station was developed and recently commissioned at the ATLAS facility at Argonne National Laboratory. The new ATLAS Materials Irradiation Station (AMIS) is located just downstream of the first linac section (PII) and designed to receive heavy-ion beams with energies of 0.5 - 1.5 MeV/u. The main activity at AMIS is the irradiation of samples for radiation damage studies of nuclear materials. The facility will provide a unique accessible platform for accelerated testing of nuclear fuels and materials that support the testing and deployment of new materials for advanced reactors in a short period of time, which otherwise can take years of testing in conventional reactors. Although the focus of the AMIS line is to irradiate and investigate materials for nuclear energy applications, other research and applications are welcome. In particular, more beam time will be available following the completion of the ongoing ATLAS multi-user upgrade which will allow simultaneous beam sharing between different experimental stations. The development and commissioning results of the AMIS beamline will be presented and discussed.