Institute of Nuclear and New Energy Technology

The Institute of Nuclear and New Energy Technology (INET ) of Tsinghua University, China was founded in 1960 as a top nuclear research and experimental base. It is located in the northern suburbs of Beijing near Changping tiger village. It is the Ministry of Education system's largest design research unit.

:"INET includes seventeen research divisions, four research centers and several workshops. INET's research covers more than ten fields related to nuclear, chemical, environmental, and energy sciences. There are around 500 faculty and staff members and over 300 graduate students." (text from official site)

:"Since it was founded, INET has set up a twin-core swimming-pool type Experimental Shielding Reactor, a 5MW Nuclear Heating Reactor (NHR-5) and a 10MW High Temperature Gas-Cooled Reactor (HTR-10)." (text from official site)

This courtyard area covers approximately 740,000 square meters, the floor space 100,000 square meters, have one floor space 5,000 square meters scientific researches in the school use the office building -- to be able the branch building. The entire courtyard is equipped with the reactor movement, the reactor theory, the reactor structure, the hot working, the reactor security, the nucleus, new energy, material chemistry, applied chemistry, technology, the rare earth separation and the application, new material, fine ceramics, computer control, power electronic devices, nuclear technology, radiates the instrument, environmental technology, energy system analysis, and so on. 17 laboratories, 14 laboratories, and the courtyard manages the enterprise and the production workshop. Has one double reactor core of the swimming pool type reactor, one shell type low temperature heating experiment reactor, one high temperature air cooled experiment piles, one set of 900 megawatt water-cooled reactors nuclear power stations simulator. At present has 11 disciplines directions, among " nuclear power science and security " discipline for domestic leading key discipline. The entire courtyard teaching and administrative staff is 470 people, include Chinese Academy of Science academician 1 person, Chinese project courtyard academician 1 person, responsibility professor 20 people, doctor live teacher 34 people, professor 58 people, associate professor 104 people.

In 1964, Tsinghua University concerned specialized teachers and students completed in this independently designed reactor, completed the power pile shield experiment, hereafter with the department concerned cooperation, completed the solvent extraction method nuclear fuel post-processing new technology research again, made the important contribution for our country nuclear power enterprise.

In November 1989, the nucleus ground the courtyard design construction 5 megawatts low temperatures nuclei heating experiment reactor completes and moves successfully, it was in the world the seat of honor puts the operation " integrated natural circulation shell type heating piles ", also was in the world first uses the new water power actuates the control rod the reactor, until now had completed the nuclear power thermoelectricity association for, the low temperature refrigeration and the sea water desalination and so on a series of experiments. At present our country first 200 megawatt low temperature nucleus heating industry demonstration piles the design work, has been set up by the national authorization the item grinds by the nucleus the courtyard undertakes.

The nucleus grinds the national 863 high-tech researches and development plan item 10 megawatts high temperatures air cooled experiments reactor which the courtyard responsibly undertakes, started in June, 1995 to begin construction to construct, in December, 2000 completed achieves critical, in January, 2003 realized the full power incorporation electricity generation. The module type ball bed high temperature air cooled pile by the international nuclear electric field recognition is 21st century new nuclear power stations first choice pile one. This advanced reactor complete, causes our country to become in the world not many grasps one high temperature air cooled pile of technology national for the number.

In recent years, the nucleus ground the courtyard studies the successful international leading separation high puts the waste liquid China " the TRPO flow " and the international origination " the cobalt 60 containers examinations system ", received the domestic and foreign experts' high appraisal.

30 for many years, the nucleus has ground the courtyard completes several ten item of national key scientific researches task, yields one batch of important scientific researches results. Some 160 achievements win the ministries and commissions level science and technology achievement prize, 18 achievements win the national level prize. Some 139 patents attain the power. In December, 1990, the nucleus ground the courtyard has the honor to receive State Educational Committee, the national science committee names " the national higher school science and technology work advanced group " the title, in April, 1992, had the honor to receive the All-China Federation of Trade Unions names " the national advanced group " the title, in July, 2001, the nucleus ground the courtyard party committee has the honor to receive the group naming " the national advanced basic-level party organization " the title, at the same time, the nucleus ground the courtyard party committee is also named by the Chinese Communist Party Beijing municipal party committee as " the Beijing advanced basic-level party organization ".

The nucleus grinds the courtyard in the scientific research foundation, the use 本院 superiority, diligently realizes the scientific research achievement transformation, in the power electronic device and entire machine, nuclear isotope aspect and so on industry measuring appliance, fine ceramics and new material, rare earth separation and depth processing successively developed one batch of advanced high-tech products, made the contribution for the national economy.

The nucleus grinds the courtyard not only is the scientific research base, also is the talented person raises the base. The existing 9 doctorates award the spot, 11 master's degrees award the spot, after one doctor mobile station. From 1982 to 2003 August, this courtyard altogether awarded 581 graduate students master's degrees, 108 graduate students doctorates. In recent years, the nucleus ground the courtyard also faces the nation conducts the modern science and technology short-term training class for the in office cadre and the technical personnel, the promotion knowledge renewal.

References

* [http://www.inet.tsinghua.edu.cn/english2/about.htm Official Site, in English]

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