No, the underground lab by the Eyring Science Center and the Kimball tower holds a particle accelerator. I've been down there, there's not much to see. On the other hand, the nuclear reactor was in another lab buried in the hill south of the Benson building. I think you can still see the entrance to it from the sidewalk.
http://theboard.byu.edu/index.php?area=viewall&id=29109 On 2/22/07, Andrew Jorgensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On 2/21/07, Michael Torrie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The location of the reactor was on the south end of campus, partway up > the hill below the Benson Building. I believe there are some remains of > the structure there to this day. Most people who see it assume it's a > storage shed for the gardening equipment. I've always wanted to take a > Geiger counter and go see if it is radioactive at all. I'm not aware of the location you mention but I know that there's some kind of reactor in the underground lab (north? of the Eyring Science Center). It's surrounded by some kind of low cinder-block wall. I've heard, but can't confirm, that it's never been used because the NRC never approved it. Someone who worked for the physics department longer than I can probably weigh in on that. /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
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