Texas A&M set to play vital role in Americas nuclear future [Video]

In a nondescript warehouse on the outskirts of College Station, Ph.D. candidates are working away on what could become the future of nuclear power in the United States.

The Texas A&M University Center for Advanced Small Modular and Micro Nuclear Reactors (CASMR) opened in late 2021 after the “Great Texas Freeze” that occurred in February of the same year. During the storm, millions lost power and Texans began to question the integrity of their power grid.

The main goal of CASMR is to help create a more energy-secure future for Texas by developing safe, reliable and sustainable energy through the research of small and micro nuclear reactors. The CASMR is also home to one of the nation’s few NuScale small modular reactor (SMR) simulators designed to provide researchers with the experience of running a real reactor through various worst-case scenarios. The simulation is comprised of a wall covered in computer …