A gauge on the control panel crept upward as students watched closely inside a university nuclear research facility in western Japan."0.01 watts. We've reached criticality," one student announced, drawing applause from the group.About 20 students from Fukui University of Technology were taking part in an August training exercise at Kindai University's Atomic Energy Research Institute in Higashiosaka, Osaka Prefecture, learning how to bring a nuclear fission reaction to a stable critical state.The Kindai University Reactor, which achieved initial criticality in 1961 as Japan's first reactor …READ FULL ARTICLE
