Purdue University Students' Reactor Converts Nuclear Waste into Electricity

摘要

Since the first man-made fission reaction, there has been the question of what society should do with nuclear waste. The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission has reported that about a million barrels of nuclear waste are contained in storage facilities around the world. This waste will take as many as 240,000 years to decay. However, a few innovative students at Purdue University have created a reactor that harnesses the energy released by nuclear waste into electricity. The team was advised by nuclear engineering professors Robert Bean and Allen Garner.