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NC State Student Reactor Operators

Every year, The Nuclear Reactor Program trains select N.C. State students to take the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission examination to become federally licensed PULSTAR Nuclear...

Antimatter Probe to Study Matter

The Positron – the antimatter of an electron – has been used as a probe to study defect properties for many years. Because positrons are...

Successful Initial Cool Down of UCNS

After nearly 6 years of design and fabrication work, the initial cool down of the PULSTAR Ultra Cold Neutron Source cryostat took place on January...

PULSTAR Reactor Power Upgrade

In July 2010, the US Department of Energy announced that it was funding a $1.38 million NC State Univ. proposal to “Upgrade of the Power...