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RadLab
The RadLab at The University of Texas at Austin focuses on research using radiation and radioactivity to improve security and quality of life.
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Reactor
The NETL reactor, designed by General Atomics, is a TRIGA Mark II nuclear research reactor. The NETL is the newest of the current fleet of U.S. university reactors.
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Robotics
The Nuclear and Applied Robotics Group is an interdisciplinary research group whose mission is to develop and deploy advanced robotics in hazardous environments in order to minimize risk for the human operator.
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New Report: Cultivating Homegrown Nuclear Talent in Texas
Texas has a 3–5 year window to staff more than 10,000 advanced nuclear jobs tied to announced power projects in the state. This demand for talent—concentrated in construction trades, nuclear technicians, operational staff, and four-year technical graduates—far exceeds the capacity of current in-state education and training pipelines and requires years to develop. Without targeted interventions, workforce constraints will become a bottleneck for deployment timelines and economic opportunity. To meet the speed and scale of the near-term demand for talent for these projects:
- Employers will have to move beyond advisory roles and directly invest in nuclear talent development.
- State agencies will need to send clear policy signals regarding nuclear workforce priorities, and
- Labor and Education will need to expand their pipelines, capacity, and programs.
The Nuclear and Radiation Engineering Program at UT Austin held the Texas Nuclear Workforce Development Workshop to align these stakeholders on actionable recommendations designed to complement recent state nuclear workforce development legislation.
Nuclear Niche presents 'Bringing Advanced Nuclear to Market’
This Nuclear Niche event will be co-sponsored with the KBH Center and our UT American Nuclear Society Student Chapter. We will be welcoming Evan Cummings,Senior Director of Business Development at Kairos Power to speak on the commercialization challenges for advanced nuclear reactors and how to bring them to market.
📅 When: Thursday, October 16, 6:00 PM
📍 Where: ETC 3.112
🎤 Speaker: Evan Cummings, Senior Director, Business Development at Kairos Power
Congratulations to Dr. Clayton Hudson!
The Nuclear and Radiation Engineering Program at The University of Texas at Austin proudly congratulates Clayton Hudson on the successful defense of his PhD dissertation, “Development of a Radioisotope Production Facility Using a Cryogenic Cooling System.”
Congratulations to Dr. Khiloni Shah!
The Nuclear and Radiation Engineering Program at The University of Texas at Austin proudly congratulates Khiloni Shah on the successful defense of her PhD dissertation, “Measurement of the ⁴⁰Ca(n,α)³⁷Ar Thermal Neutron Cross Section.”
NETL Expands Reactor Operations Team with Two New Senior Reactor Operators
This past May, NETL staff members, Rodrigo Viveros Duran and Tristan Brannon, successfully passed the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s Senior Reactor Operator exam.
