Reports, Papers, and Articles

Nuclear Firms Courting Workers - Congressional Quarterly Weekly. March 2007

USNRC Meeting with USDOE on New Reactor Issues - Meeting Record of USDOE Presentation to USNRC Commissioners on New Reactor Issues. March 2007

USNRC Meeting with USDOE on New Reactor Issues - USDOE Presentation to USNRC Commissioners on New Reactor Issues. March 2007

Defining the Federal Government's Role in Sustaining a Vibrant U.S. University-Based Nuclear Science and Engineering Education System for the 21st Century - A Report by the American Nuclear Society Special Committee on Federal Investment in Nuclear Education. December 2006

Prepared Remarks by Chairman Dale Klein on Workforce Issues to the Women in Nuclear September 2006

Research and Training Reactors - ANS Position Statement #53. November 2003

University Research Reactors: A National Asset at Risk - TRTR Presentation to Robert Card, Under Secretary USDOE. May 2003

Report of the University Research Reactor Task Force to the Department of Energy Nuclear Energy Research Advisory committee - Robert Long, Jose Cortez and Allen Sessoms. April 2001

University Research Reactors: A Brief Overview - TRTR Presentation to Dr. Patrick Gallagher, Office of Science and Technology Policy. September 2000

The Future of University Nuclear Engineering Programs and University Research & Training Reactors - USDOE NERAC Committe Report. May 2000

2003 Nuclear Engineering Education Sourcebook - Compiled by the listed universities through the North Carolina State University Department of Nuclear Engineering. Sponsored by American Nuclear Society and the Department of Energy's Office of Nuclear Energy, Science and Technology. September 2003

The Past and Future of University Research Reactors - Kenneth Rogers, Science, Vol. 295. March 2002

Summary Testimony of Pedro Perez on Behalf of TRTR - Testimony given to the Congressional Working Group on Nuclear Issues. December 2000

University Research Reactors: Contributing to the National Scientific and Engineering Infrastructure from 1953 to 2000 and Beyond - A Report to the NERAC Committee to Analyze the Future of University Nuclear Engineering and Research Reactors. February 2000

University Research Reactors: A Critical Component of the National Scientific and Engineering Infrastructure - A Report to the NERAC Committee to Analyze the Future of University Nuclear Engineering and Research Reactors. December 1999

University Research Reactors: Issues and Challenges- John Bernard and Lin Hu. IEEE Vol. 3, pp 2149-2152. November 1998

Report to the Congress on the Condition and Status of University Research and Training Reactors - A Study and Five-Year Plan for Upgrading and Improving University Nuclear Research Reactors. May 1994

University Research Reactors in the United States - their Role and Value - National Research Council. December 1988

Related Organizations

Innovations in Nuclear Infrastruction and Education
The Innovations in Nuclear Education and Infrastructure (INIE) Program was established in 2001 by the Department of Energy's Office of Nuclear Energy, Science, and Technology (http://www.ne.doe.gov), to strengthen the Nation’s university nuclear engineering education programs through innovative use of university research and training reactors and encouraging partnerships between the universities, the Department of Energy national laboratories and US industry.

International Group of Research Reactors
An organization dedicated to facilitate the sharing of knowledge and experience among those institutions and individuals who are actively working to design, build, and promote new research reactors or make significant upgrades to existing facilities.

Professional Reactor Operator Society
An organization dedicated to professionalism among nuclear reactor operators.

Companies Supporting TRTR

Aerotest Operations Inc.
Atkinson Engineering
BWX Technologies, Inc.
Canberra Industries
EG & G Ortec
EXCEL Services Corp.
Thermo Electron Corporation
General Atomics Electronic Systems
Energy Solutions (Formerly Duratek and Scientech)
Imaging and Sensing Technology
NAC International
National Nuclear Corporation
Oxford Instruments Inc.
Research Reactor Safety Analysis Services
Sargent & Lundy
Sholtis Engineering & Safety Consulting


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