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Purdue lab partners with US Energy Department reactor centre on nuclear construction testing
The Infrastructure Innovation Lab at the Purdue Applied Research Institute has signed an agreement with the US Department of Energy's National Reactor Innovation Center to test new construction materials, methods and digital tools.
Why it matters: Researchers at Purdue's Infrastructure Innovation Lab will test construction materials, methods, processes and digital tools under the agreement with the National Reactor Innovation Center.
Purdue University said the Infrastructure Innovation Lab of the Purdue Applied Research Institute (PARI) has entered into an agreement with the National Reactor Innovation Center (NRIC), part of the US Department of Energy (DOE).
According to the university, the agreement covers testing of new construction materials, methods, processes and digital tools.
Purdue described the partnership as aimed at advancing technologies for nuclear construction.
Editor’s view
Joseph Lopez, Collaboration Editor
The agreement places Purdue's Infrastructure Innovation Lab in a testing role for the National Reactor Innovation Center, covering construction materials, methods, processes and digital tools intended for nuclear construction.
