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Information market: 60 years of research and education with the reactor

Name: Information market: 60 years of research and education with the reactor
Start: 2023-04-22T10:00:00+02:00
End: 2023-04-22T14:00:00+02:00
Location: TU Delft Reactor Institute

April 22, 2023 - 10:00 am - 2:00 pm

TU Delft Reactor Institute

The dome of the research reactor on TU Delft Campus is a familiar sight to many. This year marks 60 years since the reactor was commissioned. But, who knows how and what this reactor is used for?

On Saturday 22 April, TU Delft Reactor Institute is organising an information market. The team invites young and old to take a look at their information market. See, experience and listen to the research teaching about radiation from the reactor and nuclear techniques in the fields of health, materials and energy.

Examples include research on medical isotopes for diagnosis and treatment of cancer, the structures of meat substitutes and self-healing materials, solar cells and batteries and molten salt reactors. Besides research, they also provide education for students and are the training provider in the Netherlands for Radiation Protection.

Making, doing, watching and listening: something for everyone!

On this day, you can listen to short presentations on the research and get to work yourself: you can (re)build the structure of a battery, experience how neutrons are scattered, see how alpha, beta and gamma radiation is stopped by different materials and see radiation with the naked eye! The team also has equipment that allows you to see what radiation is in (spoiler: in more objects than you might think) and they test whether gold jewellery is real gold!

They also thought of the youngest ones: a colouring competition for children aged 4-12, children aged 8-12 can make a solar cell creature (courtesy of the Science Centre!). For all age groups, it is possible to recreate the dome with special building blocks.

Guided tour: 60 tickets available!

Want a guided tour of the reactor? Then sign up on Saturday 22 April during the information market. The first 60 people who register will be able to reserve a ticket for the tour in the autumn.