Our goal is to create a scale model of a CANDU 6 reactor with all major components including the calandria, steam generators, control rods, pump motors, and the containment structure. This is to have an interactive educational tool that can demystify nuclear energy while attracting new members. Possible design upgrades might include actuated control rods, pump motors and LED’s to show how the heat is transported from the core as well as other features.
https://www.researchgate.net/figure/CANDU-PHWR-Containment_fig8_322636619
We will build an Inertial electrostatic confinement fusor as an educational tool to learn more about the fusion process. This type of fusor is a modestly popular build amongst STEM hobbyists. This device cannot generate energy and is not meant to be anything else other than a means to learn more about physics and engineering concepts. Concurrently, a simulator will be developed using MATLAB’s Simscape with a graphical interface in Unreal/Unity so more people can learn about this niche technology.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inertial_electrostatic_confinement#/media/File:Deuterium_Ionized.JPG
We want to build a scalable model of the heat transport system in a nuclear power plant. This will teach important principles such as thermodynamics and heat transfer as well as engineering design.
