Published 1995 | Version v1
Journal article

Expanding reactor facility usage for public education about nuclear energy

  • 1. Univ. of Florida, Gainesville, FL (United States)

Description

The University of Florida training reactor (UFTR) is a 100-kW light-water-cooled, graphite-and-light-water-moderated argonaut-type university reactor in a loop configuration. Since first licensed at 10 kW in 1959 and then at the present 100kW limit in 1969, this facility within the nuclear engineering sciences department has been actively involved in a broad but ever evolving spectrum of activities and programs serving the regional needs of Florida and the Southeast for reactor usage in education, training, research, service, and public information. The UFTR mission in the diverse public education arena has been very successful

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Transactions of the American Nuclear Society
Journal Volume
73
Journal Page Range
p. 78-79.
ISSN
0003-018X
CODEN
TANSAO

Conference

Title
Winter meeting of the American Nuclear Society (ANS).
Dates
29 Oct - 1 Nov 1995.
Place
San Francisco, CA (United States).

Optional Information

Secondary number(s)
CONF-951006--.