Hany Abdel-Khalik, technical project lead and associate professor of nuclear engineering, meets virtually with John W. Sutherland, the Fehsenfeld Family Head of Environmental and Ecological Engineering (top of screen), and Xinghang Zhang, co-principal investigator and professor of materials engineering.
Purdue University photo/Vincent Walter
Hany Abdel-Khalik, technical project lead and associate professor of nuclear engineering, meets virtually with John W. Sutherland, the Fehsenfeld Family Head of Environmental and Ecological Engineering (top of screen), and Xinghang Zhang, co-principal investigator and professor of materials engineering.
Purdue University photo/Vincent Walter
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The U.S. Department of Energy has awarded an $800,000 grant to Purdue’s College of Engineering for a project to accelerate the introduction of the 3D-printed microreactor — a new type of nuclear reactor with the flexibility and versatility needed for many current energy applications. The Nuclear Energy University Program funding will enable Purdue to be a key contributor to the Transformational Challenge Reactor Demonstration Program, in which the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory is working to build the first 3D-printed microreactor by 2023. The microreactor also will be the first advanced reactor to operate in the U.S. in more than 40 years.
