NC State Part of New DOE Hub

NC State received news Friday that it is part of a team that will receive critical Department of Energy funding to support nuclear energy research.  The team, led by Oak Ridge National Laboratory, will been named an Energy Innovation Hub on Nuclear Modeling and Simulation.  The Nuclear Energy Innovation Hub, which includes universities, industry and other national labs, will use advanced capabilities of the world’s most powerful computers to “make significant leaps forward in nuclear reactor design and engineering,” according to the DOE. Read the DOE announcement.