Houghton, Michigan – Yue Li, an associate professor of civil engineering at Michigan Technological University, specializes in earthquakes and natural disasters. He was awarded a Fulbright Scholar grant to work at a research center in Finland, seeking solutions to the ever-present threat facing nuclear power plants during natural disasters. The researchers are focusing particularly on nuclear power plant performance during earthquakes.
His research started last summer at the VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, the largest multidisciplinary research organization in Northern Europe. He is returning to Finland this summer to continue his research.
Li is working with a research team there to examine current nuclear power plants’ structure and to see where improvements could be made. Finland currently is building new nuclear power plants, and within 10 years, the country expects to get 60 percent of its electricity from nuclear plants.
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