Students and Science reactor Fund

  This is a nonprofit program to teach students about nuclear energy through research and studies. We are looking to raise at least $500 for parts and supplies to build and run our reactor. We do accept part donations (part list below).  Later on we will be researching and upscaling our program. For more details or if you have a part you think we could use please feel free to contact us at [email protected]

Part List (these are more or less specific, if you have something similar please contact us):

-A vacuum chamber - parts to build it

-A roughing vacuum pump capable of reaching at least 75 microns vacuum

-A secondary high vacuum pump, either a turbo pump or oil diffusion pump

-A high voltage supply, preferably capable of at least 40kv 10ma – Must be negative polarity

-A high voltage divider probe for use with a digital multimeter

-A thermocouple or baratron (of appropriate scale) vacuum gauge

-A neutron radiation detector, either a proportional He-3 or BF3 tube with counting instrumentation, or a bubble dosimeter

-A Geiger counter, preferably a scintillator type, for x-ray detection and safety

-Deuterium gas (can be purchased as a gas or extracted from D2O through electrolysis – it is much easier and more effective to use compressed gas)

-A large ballast resistor in the range of 50-100k and at least a foot long

-A camera and TV display for viewing the inside of the reactor

-Lead to shield the camera viewport