University of Missouri-Columbia
|
University of Missouri-Columbia
|
|
|
 |
The neutron is a subatomic particle that sometimes moves around
freely. It is tiny. Really tiny. But despite
its diminutive proportions, it is a powerful probe for an enormous
range of investigations. The University of Missouri Research
Reactor Center (MURR) has an abundant and reliable supply of
those tiny neutrons, with a flux of 6 x 1014 n/(cm2 sec).
 MURR's
resources also include state-of-the-art facilities, instruments
and sets of techniques for collecting valuable information about
materials and processes in order to enhance our knowledge base
and improve our quality of life.Because so few universities have a research reactor that makes possible such investigations, the US Department of Energy years ago instituted a Reactor Sharing Program. Every year since 1980 DOE has awarded a Reactor Sharing grant to the MURR Center to make its reactor capabilities available to other educational institutions. Over the years, these awards have totaled over $1.5 million, a considerable outreach effort. Please click below to find out more about our You will see by the variety of capabilties and projects that the MURR Center is truly a national resource, grateful to the long-standing support it has received from the US Department of Energy. The 2006-2007 grant award supported nine projects at eight institutions. Over the years, the Reactor Sharing program has allowed hundreds of faculty and students at dozens of US universities and colleges to conduct neutron-based research. For most, this research would not have been possible without this DOE/MURR outreach program. |
|
to "Reactor Sharing Program Capabilities" |
|
|||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
