Media Mention: ‘Penn State, Westinghouse partner to advance science, nuclear engineering innovations’
May 23, 2022
When: 5/23/2022
Where: Pennsylvania Business Report, “Penn State, Westinghouse partner to advance science, nuclear innovations”
Who: Jean Paul Allain, head of the Ken and Mary Alice Lindquist Department of Nuclear Engineering
What: A new partnership between Penn State and Westinghouse was recently featured in the Pennsylvania Business Report. Co-led by Jean Paul Allain, the head of the Ken and Mary Alice Lindquist Department of Nuclear Engineering, the partnership will enable research and development focused on exploring and applying nuclear engineering and science innovations to societal needs.
The partners will also begin discussions about locating a small modular reactor, known as a micro-reactor, designed to address sustainable power needs at University Park. The ultimate goal of the partnership, according to Allain, “is to drastically reduce carbon-free energy costs in difficult to decarbonize sectors such as industrial manufacturing and transportation, leading a truly transformative change for how and where we power society.”
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