[en] In order to make nuclear size and shape determinations for short-lived nuclei, we are using a transport system with pure, cooled helium to carry radioactive atoms produced by heavy-ion reactions from the target chamber into a laser-spectroscopy chamber. The device is attached to a beam line of the Argonne Superconducting Heavy-Ion Linac. Upon leaving the transport system, the atoms form a cooled atomic beam suitable for several high-sensitivity, high-precision spectroscopic techniques. We plan to use the photon-burst method which permits high-resolution hyperfine structure measurements with only a few atoms per second. The efficiency of the helium-jet system, the extension of the photon-burst method to slow and optically-pumped transitions, and the present status of the project are discussed