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Oregon State University also has a TRIGA reactor, in Corvallis, Oregon. Looks like it is rated for 4x power of Reed's. https://radiationcenter.oregonstate.edu/
by ncmncm 4y ago
Oregon State University also has a TRIGA reactor, in Corvallis, Oregon. Looks like it is rated for 4x power of Reed's.
https://radiationcenter.oregonstate.edu/oregon-state-triga-reactor-0 https://radiationcenter.oregonstate.edu/oregon-state-triga-r...
TRIGA was developed by Freeman Dyson as one of the first inherently safe reactors, proof against meltdown in case of e.g. failure of pumps.
TRIGA reactors will remain useful long after all use of nukes to generate electrical power has faded away.
- darklion 4y agoUMass Lowell has a 1 MW UMLRR nuclear reactor: https://www.uml.edu/Research/Energy/research/nuclear-energy.aspx https://www.uml.edu/Research/Energy/research/nuclear-energy....