Use of Multiple on-Campus Reactors in Education and Training Programs
- Texas A & M University, College Station, TX (United States)
In its undergraduate and graduate programs in nuclear engineering and health physics, Texas A M University utilizes two reactors for the training and education of students. The 5-W AGN-201 nuclear training reactor has been in use since the late 1950s, while the 1-MW TRIGA Nuclear Science Center Reactor (NSCR) was first utilized in late 1961. Both facilities have been upgraded since initial criticality, the AGN power level being increased from the original 200-mW limit to its 5-W current level and the NSCR undergoing conversion from a 100-kW materials test reactor fueled deign to a 1-MW TRIGA-fueled facility. The AGN reactor is operated by the Department of Nuclear Engineering of the College of Engineering and is almost solely utilized in training and education programs. The NSCR facility is administered by the Texas Engineering Experiment Station and support research efforts of faculty and students of departments within and outside the university in addition to contributing to the education and training programs of the nuclear engineering department.
- Research Organization:
- Texas A & M University, College Station, TX (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), Nuclear Criticality Safety Program (NCSP)
- OSTI ID:
- 7028446
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-890604--
- Journal Information:
- Transactions of the American Nuclear Society, Journal Name: Transactions of the American Nuclear Society Vol. 59; ISSN TANSA; ISSN 0003-018X
- Publisher:
- American Nuclear Society
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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21 SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS
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96 KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT AND PRESERVATION
CRITICALITY
EDUCATION
ENGINEERING
ENRICHED URANIUM REACTORS
HOMOGENEOUS REACTORS
HYDRIDE MODERATED REACTORS
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NUCLEAR ENGINEERING
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RADIATION PROTECTION
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RESEARCH AND TEST REACTORS
SOLID HOMOGENEOUS REACTORS
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TRIGA TYPE REACTORS
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