Sensor Survives Reactor-Level Heat and Radiation, Paving the Way for Real-Time Monitoring

Generating nuclear power takes a lot of energy—extreme heat, pressure, and radiation—that every part of a reactor must withstand each time. Naturally, engineering the perfect apparatus is a difficult task, but researchers continue to discover astonishing ways to advance nuclear technology, the latest of which involves a tiny chip with not-so-tiny performance.

In a recent release, University of Maine researchers announced new microelectronic sensors that tolerate both the radiation levels…