newfound77951
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We have a 2 megawatt research reactor here on campus. I've been here 5+ years and have never been inside, but one of my fellow students arranged a tour. It was amazing, just like the movies, the reactor core lives in a 39,000 gallon pool of DI water, and you can see the fuel rods 20+ feet down at the bottom of the pool, complete with the *totally awesome* blue glow! They explained how everything works and the kind of experiments they can do, the reactor is very useful in performing non-destructive elemental analysis of any kind of sample. For example, one of the geology/archaeology students is using it to analyze stone tools and potential quarry sites and see if he can figure out where ancient civilizations mined the stone for their tools and buildings.
No cameras allowed inside but here is a pic of the building from the outside (it's the big white box). I've always though we should show movies on the side of it....
No cameras allowed inside but here is a pic of the building from the outside (it's the big white box). I've always though we should show movies on the side of it....