WARWICK – The Rhode Island Nuclear Science Center was awarded a federal grant to upgrade the instrumentation and control systems of the reactor.
The $150,000 grant came from the U.S. Department of Energy as part of the department’s Nuclear Energy University Programs.
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“This funding will help ensure the center has the best equipment and infrastructure possible to conduct cutting-edge research and educate the next generation of scientists and engineers,” said Congressman Jim Langevin, D-R.I., who wrote a letter of support for the center’s application.
“At a time when we need to build a highly-skilled work force and promote American leadership in high-tech fields, the Rhode Island Nuclear Science Center’s initiatives are giving students vital hands-on experience.”
The center, located on the University of Rhode Island’s Bay Campus in Narragansett, operates one of the few research reactors in the Northeast and has “proven invaluable” to nuclear scientists as well as for research in atmospheric chemistry and geology.
