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The Frank H. Neely Nuclear Research Center, also known as the Neely Research Reactor and the Georgia Tech Research Reactor was a
Georgia Tech Nuclear and Radiological Engineering Program
Neely Nuclear Research Center
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nuclear engineering
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research center on the Georgia Institute of Technology
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campus, which housed a 5 megawatt
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heavy water moderated and cooled research reactor
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from 1961 until 1995. It was decommissioned in November 1999. The building that housed the reactor was demolished to make way for the Marcus Nanotechnology Research Center.
The center is named for Frank H. Neely, a Georgia Tech graduate and businessman who organized the first Georgia Nuclear Advisory Commission
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, an essential step in the creation of the reactor and associated facilities.
History
The center and associated reactor was built after campus presidentBlake R. Van Leer
Blake Ragsdale Van Leer (August 16, 1893 – January 23, 1956) was an engineer and university professor who served as the fifth president of Georgia Institute of Technology from 1944 until his death in 1956.
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Van Leer was ...
appointed a Nuclear Science Committee, which included Georgia Tech Research Institute
The Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) is the nonprofit applied research arm of the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. GTRI employs around 2,400 people, and is involved in approximately $600 millio ...
director James E. Boyd.
The committee recommended the creation of a Radioisotopes Laboratory Facility and a large research reactor. The laboratory was built and dedicated on January 7, 1959, and could receive, store, and process radioactive materials. The research reactor would be completed in 1963.
The reactor was shut down in 1988 due to safety concerns, and was defueled due to safety concerns related to the nearby 1996 Summer Olympics
The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...
events.
The reactor building was torn down after the decommissioning, with the remainder removed as of 2015.
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Georgia Tech Nuclear and Radiological Engineering Program
Neely Nuclear Research Center
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