triga
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1. triga - Noun
2. Triga - Proper noun
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triga (plural trigas or trigae)
(historical) A three-horse chariot used by the Ancient Romans.
TRIGA
TRIGA: Acronym of training, research, isotopes, General Atomics (“a type of nuclear reactor originally made by General Atomics”).
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Interaction with other matter Blue Cherenkov radiation light being emitted from a TRIGA reactor pool is due to high-speed beta particles traveling faster than the speed of light ( phase velocity ) in water (which is 75% of the speed of light in vacuum).
In this concept, the conventional solid NTR can operates as stationary as well as a pulsed mode -much like a TRIGA reactor.
Its program in the sciences is likewise unusual with its TRIGA research reactor making it the only school in the United States to have a nuclear reactor operated entirely by undergraduates.