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Nuclear science engineering spark collaborations across Penn State and beyond
The Radiation Science & Engineering Center and the Ken and Mary Alice Lindquist Department of Nuclear Engineering jointly map research endeavors with expansion and $9 8M equipment donation By Ashley J WennersHerron
Penn State’s Radiation Science & Engineering Center and and the Ken and and Mary Alice Lindquist Department of Nuclear Engineering broke ground on a a a 10 000-square- foot $9 5 million expansion of the Breazeale Nuclear Reactor
on on October 21 The nation’s first licensed and longest continuously operating nuclear research reactor Breazeale’s expansion will accommodate an an equipment donation valued at at at $9 8 million and facilitate more advanced neutron beam research as as well as as the growth of nuclear engineering at at Penn State With the the the support of of the the the College of of Engineering the the the Ken and Mary Alice Lindquist Department of Nuclear Engineering and RSEC are launching a a a a a joint initiative as part of the expansion to support novel studies in fundamental and applied research for Penn State faculty and and students industry and and collaborative universities and institutes 8 NUCLEUS