Hardy transistor material could be game-changer for nuclear reactor safety monitoring

Credit: Michael Huson/The Ohio State University

Kyle Reed led a team testing an ORNL-made, hardy new type of transistor in the reactor pool as it glows with radiation at The Ohio State University Nuclear Reactor laboratory.

« Hardy transistor material could be game-changer for nuclear reactor safety monitoring

Credit: Michael Huson/The Ohio State University

Kyle Reed and Dianne Ezell of ORNL gather data about the performance of a sensor transistor as it is tested against the radiation within the reactor pool behind them at The Ohio State University Nuclear Reactor Laboratory.

« Hardy transistor material could be game-changer for nuclear reactor safety monitoring

Credit: Kyle Reed/ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy

A wire-bonded die consisting of over 20 gallium nitride high-electron mobility transistors, seen here under a microscope, could be used in nuclear sensing equipment because of its high resistance to radiation.

« Hardy transistor material could be game-changer for nuclear reactor safety monitoring

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