Solving Global Energy Problems - Nuclear energy

Currently in the United States there is a tremendous demand for energy. And in particular, electrical energy is an area that our department can be of service. So providing clean nuclear energy is one of the options that is being looked at very seriously in the U.S., as well as around the world. Oregon State, over the years, has become the premier thermohydraulic test facility in the country. So basically, we're the only university that does complete integral system certification testing. And we've been successful on two designs, the AP 600 and the AP 1000. And we've just started working on a third design. Those first two designs were Westinghouse designs. And now we have an OSU design, which we're promoting. And we're retesting here very soon. This is our one-fourth scale test facility that we use to assess the performance and the safety of the AP 1000 plant. I think the energy research that we're doing right now is planning for the future generations. Not only for this country, but we believe it has an international impact. So the concepts that we're developing in our labs right here, you'll see deployed all over the world in the future.