Nuclear Science Week returns to Idaho

“Idaho Falls’ slate of activities began with a reception Oct. 21 at the INL Meeting Center. Local officials, businesspeople and students were invited to meet Hayden, INL leaders and staff members, and Maddox Turner, an Arizona State University student who won a trip to the national event as a finalist in an INL-sponsored multimedia competition. A major in materials science engineering, Turner said he became interested in nuclear energy after visiting the Maryland University Training Reactor, a water-cooled, pool-type nuclear reactor used for research and education.

“I got to see Cherenkov radiation for the first time and thought it was amazing,” he said. Cherenkov radiation is the blue glow that occurs electromagnetically when charged particles move faster than light in a transparent medium like water.”

Glowing ‘Gem of the University’

Niels Bohr Library & Archives Tour

UMD Training Reactor Hits 5K Operations

UMD Radiation Facilities’ Operating License Renewed

2019 Nuclear Science Merit Badge Program at University of Maryland