Nuclear Energy
Purdue researchers are contributing to research on a breakthrough design for nuclear power plants known as Modular Boiling Water Reactors (MBWR). MBWRs are inherently safe and include built-in, proliferation-resistant characteristics. Futuristic research on acoustic inertial confinement fusion is underway.
We are creating the Center for Materials Under Extreme Environments (CMUXE) to engage in novel key areas:
- Nuclear Fusion; both magnetic and inertial
- Advanced Fission Systems
- Hydrogen Behavior in Reactor Materials
- Materials under Extreme Conditions for Nano Lithography
- High Power Targets for Accelerators
- Low Temperature Plasmas for Astrophysics Applications
- Directed Energy Lethality for Defense Applications
Nuclear Energy News & Happenings
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- Supporters: Nuclear power plant has bright future
- Nigeria: Electricty generation from nuclear energy
- The Radioactive Energy Plan: How Germany came to love nuclear energy
- Azerbaijan Gets Ready to Go Nuclear
- A Nuclear India is Good for the Globe
- Careers in nuclear engineering a current growth area--Purdue News
Researchers
- Thomas Downar, College of Engineering–Nuclear Engineering
- Audeen Fentiman, College of Engineering–Nuclear Engineering
- Ahmed Hassanein, College of Engineering–Nuclear Engineering
- Mamoru Ishii, College of Engineering–Nuclear Engineering
- Tatjana Jevremovic, College of Engineering–Nuclear Engineering
- Yeong Kim, College of Science–Physics
- Dave Koltick, College of Science–Physics
- Rusi Taleyarkhan, College of Engineering–Nuclear Engineering
- Lefteri Tsoukalas, College of Engineering–Nuclear Engineering
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Contacts
Dr. Pankaj Sharma
Managing Director, Global Sustainability Initiative
Associate Professor of Technology (Courtesy)
sharma@purdue.edu
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