{"id":8,"date":"2025-12-08T23:35:41","date_gmt":"2025-12-08T23:35:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.www.purdue.edu\/operations\/nuclear\/?page_id=8"},"modified":"2026-03-06T18:21:48","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T18:21:48","slug":"duke","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/operations\/nuclear\/home\/duke\/","title":{"rendered":"Study with Duke Energy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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West Lafayette Campus Feasibility Study<\/h1>\n \n
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Exploring a giant leap towards zero emissions<\/h2>\n\n

Purdue University and Duke Energy are jointly exploring the feasibility of using advanced nuclear energy to meet the West Lafayette campus community\u2019s long-term energy needs.
The study is focused on whether power produced through Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) could be a potential fit for Purdue\u2019s energy needs. Significantly smaller than traditional nuclear power plants, an SMR could meet current and future needs for Purdue\u2019s West Lafayette campus as well as provide excess power to the state\u2019s electric grid.<\/p>\n\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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The Purdue University and Duke Energy feasibility study was announced in April 2022. The interim report, released in May 2023, culminates hundreds of hours of research and evaluation from world-renowned leaders and industry experts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To date, the study revealed several findings \u2013 spurring questions about the future of clean energy and recommendations for how to advance new nuclear development in the 2030s and beyond. <\/p>\n\n\n

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