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Research reactors come in many forms and sizes, with the TRIGA class being commonly found at universities. The TRIGA reactor at the University of Utah was installed in 1975, and for the past half century the thermal energy it produced was bled off into cooling systems. Now for a world’s first, the reactor will be used to generate electricity instead .

A TRIGA reactor core, with the blue glow from Cherenkov radiation.

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