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How the Versatile Test Reactor is Key to Accelerating Innovation in Nuclear Energy Applications
The key to our energy future lies within nuclear power. Ever since fission was first used to produce usable electricity and then to power homes in Idaho, it has been proven as one of the safest, most reliable and efficient sources of electricity available.
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Learn more about what Boise State University Assistant Professor Brian Jaques PhD, PE has to say about the Versatile Test Reactor and how it is key to accelerating innovation in nuclear energy applications.
Versatile Test Reactor
The nation’s only large-scale, advanced fast-neutron source for endurance testing of nuclear fuels, sensors and materials. The 300-megawatt (thermal) reactor will be a user facility open to researchers based on the merits of the proposed experiments.
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