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Meet the NEXT Team

Nuclear Energy eXperimental Testing

Energy fuels the future. The exciting research taking place in ACU’s NEXT Lab will transform the future.

Meet the team of researchers who are working to build a next-generation molten salt research reactor on the ACU campus, solving the world’s need for clean, safe and affordable energy.

Energy fuels the future. The exciting research taking place in ACU’s NEXT Lab will transform the future.

Meet the team of researchers who are working to build a next-generation molten salt research reactor on the ACU campus, solving the world’s need for clean, safe and affordable energy.
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ACU NEXT Lab students receive scholarship from the U.S. Department of Energy

Five students who are a part of the Nuclear Energy eXperimental Testing Laboratory at Abilene Christian University were awarded scholarships from the U.S. Department of Energy’s University Nuclear Leadership Program. Although ACU students have been awarded these scholarships in past years, this is the most scholarships ACU has received in a single cycle. Samuel Ash, … Continued
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ACU’s NEXT Lab construction permit application accepted for formal review by NRC

  The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has docketed Abilene Christian University’s Nuclear Energy eXperimental Testing Lab construction permit application, placing it under formal regulatory review. The application is the first for a new research reactor in more than 30 years and the first-ever for an advanced university research reactor.  “This is a significant achievement, and … Continued

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ACU NEXT Lab partners with Teledyne Brown to design molten salt research reactor

Abilene Christian University’s Nuclear Energy eXperimental Testing Laboratory has contracted Teledyne Brown Engineering to perform front-end engineering and design work to produce the first university-based molten salt research reactor (MSRR). “We received interest in working on this first-of-a-kind project from over a dozen top engineering companies,” said Dr. Rusty Towell, director of NEXT Lab and … Continued