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REU Site | Columbia Plasma Physics Lab

A new Research Opportunities for Undergraduates (REU) Site: Plasma Physics, Plasma Astrophysics, and Fusion at Columbia University bringing together the capabilities of both the Applied Physics and Astronomy/Astrophysics departments at Columbia University. #fusion #fusionenergy #fusionforward

12.12.2024 20:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Co-optimization of nuclear reactor flexible power operation and maintenance scheduling As flexible power operation of nuclear power plants becomes more attractive due to the reduction in fossil-fueled dispatchable generation on energy grโ€ฆ

Nuclear energy is going to have to fit into a more flexible energy market in the future, and our faculty and students are exploring how to optimize that complexity

12.12.2024 20:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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LANL researchers complete HALEU criticality experiment The Deimos experiment at Los Alamos National Laboratory is the first criticality experiment using high assay low-enriched uranium fuel to be carried out in the USA in more than 20 years...

Itโ€™s great to see this kind of progress in developing HALEU fuel for commercial reactors, but reactor.engr.wisc.edu has been doing critical experiments with HALEU for 15 years (as have many other research reactors around the country)

03.12.2024 13:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Weโ€™re thrilled to home to honoree Ben Lindley & alma mater to 4 others

03.12.2024 12:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Happy birthday to the first human harnessing of the fission chain reaction!

02.12.2024 19:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A partially stacked set of graphite bricks with uranium spheres in little holes in the middle of some, as CP-1 was being built.

A partially stacked set of graphite bricks with uranium spheres in little holes in the middle of some, as CP-1 was being built.

A vessel hanging above the floor with dozens of cables going into it. This is the shippingport pressurizer.

A vessel hanging above the floor with dozens of cables going into it. This is the shippingport pressurizer.

Happy December 2nd, a day that marks the first man-made nuclear chain reaction (CP-1, 1942) and the first chain reaction in the first purely civilian nuclear power plant exactly 15 years later (Shippingport, 1957).

02.12.2024 12:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 54    ๐Ÿ” 22    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

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