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New coolants, new fuels: A new generation of university reactors
Here’s an easy way to make aging U.S. power reactors look relatively youthful: Compare them (average age: 43) with the nation’s university research reactors. The 25 operating today have been licensed for an average of about 58 years.
Charles W. Maynard
Nuclear Technology | Volume 27 | Number 1 | September 1975 | Pages 114-118
Technical Paper | Education | doi.org/10.13182/NT75-A15944
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The University of Wisconsin fusion research program is divided between plasma physics and fusion reactor technology studies. Both research and teaching are the integrated efforts of several departments, with a substantial number of courses available to both graduate and undergraduate students. The program has been successful in producing students for the national controlled thermonuclear research program. It has also produced significant research results, particularly in the toroidal confinement and conceptual reactor design fields.