【英国《国际核工程》2001年7月刊报道】 美国康耐尔大学托管会投票一致通过将Triga Mark II号研究堆退役并关闭沃德核研究中心的决定。该研究堆每年需要50万美元的运行费,其中康耐尔大学每年提供20万美元。沃德中心的主任Kenan Unlu称,该中心本来“可以宣布经济独立”,因为美 [Italy “International Nuclear Engineering” July 2001 Report] The American University of Cornell Custody Committee voted unanimously by retiring the Triga Mark II research reactor and closing the Ward Nuclear Research Center. The research reactor requires an operating fee of 500,000 U.S. dollars a year, of which Cornell University provides 200,000 U.S. dollars annually. Kenan Unlu, director of the Ward Center, said that the center was “can declare economic independence” because the United States