Research Facilities and Labs
- Advanced Blankets & Coolants (ABC) Laboratory
- Advanced Reactors & Fuel Cycles Group
- Analysis of Reactor Transients and Stability Group
- Center for Plasma-Material Interactions
- Computational Plasma Physics Laboratory
- Functional X-ray Imaging Laboratory (FXIL)
- Fusion Studies Laboratory
- High Temperature Corrosion Laboratory
- High Temperature Environmental Exposure Laboratory
- High Temperature Nuclear Materials Laboratory
- Hybrid Illinois Device for Research & Applications (HIDRA)
- Illinois Microreactor RD&D Center
- Illinois Plasma Institute
- Magnetron Sputtering Laboratory
- Molecules and Materials Laboratory
- Multiphase Thermo-fluid Dynamics Laboratory
- Neutron Measurement Laboratory
- Nuclear Materials Fabrication and Studies Laboratory
- Radiation Detection and Imaging Laboratory
- Socio-Technical Risk Analysis (SoTeRiA) Laboratory
- Synthesis, Plasma, Energy, Conversion (SPEC) Laboratory
- Virtual Education and Research Laboratory
Facilities Resources
A dense plasma focus fusion-related device for high temperature plasma studies and an ultra-high vacuum laboratory for plasma-material interaction studies are available.
Laboratories are available for all areas of study in the nuclear, radiological, and plasma studies.
NPRE also has a direct link to the National Magnetic Fusion Computer Center in Livermore, California.
Materials Research Laboratory (MRL) and Materials Engineering-Mechanical Behavior Program provide a variety of facilities for studies of nuclear materials.
The Grainger Engineering is a leader in supercomputing research, and the campus is one of four National Centers for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA).
The Grainger Engineering has a wide array of microcomputers and workstations available for student research and use.