Talk:University of Massachusetts Lowell Radiation Laboratory

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[edit] Secrecy?

Seems outdated. I've taken two tours there, once post-9/11. It would be nice to know when this ABC prime time special took place and if it's verifiable that "most" research reactors have a home page. The lack of a web site and a Wikipedia article that's not as good as other people hardly make its "secrecy" notable. Midnightdreary 14:01, 2 April 2007 (UTC)

I don't see what's so outdated about it. The part about the switch to LEU covers the most recent change that happened to it, other than that I certainly haven't had time to update with details on current research that's going on there. The date of the ABC special was October 12, 2005[1]. I know that they give tours and that ABC is full of themselves, that's why I was ragging on them for saying that a "virtual tour" was available online for this reactor (and specifically this reactor), the truth is quite the opposite (not to say that a virtual tour isn't a good thing). Regarding the statement that other reactors have a website, give me a week and I will personally furnish a list of them, note the other articles for university reactors and what's there. Out of the university reactors of this scale (1 MW) this one clearly stands alone in that respect, and I did have trouble finding decent information about it. This one is also different in that it is used by an Applied Physics and other departments, notably lacking Nuclear Engineering. The secrecy section is noteworthy because the ABC report made a strong point of it. The job of an encyclopedia is to get the facts straight.

I'll put some stuff in there later about tours and the outreach to elementary school. I read about the outreach somewhere that I can't remember now, but haven't found anything referenceable regarding the tours, which is why it's not in there now. But please add whatever information you have, it needs it. theanphibian 21:08, 2 April 2007 (UTC)