Nuclear Challenge
Design a reactor. Build a generation.
A university flagship program, the first of its kind in the world. Four competing student teams at BGU each design a 60 MWe small modular reactor, check each other's work and defend their design before a panel of experts. In May 2029, BGU's 60th anniversary, the university selects its best concept, BG-SMR-60: an SMR engineering design, an academic platform that improves year after year, and perhaps, one day, is built.
Prof. Erez Gilad leads the challenge as chair of the Unit of Nuclear Engineering and director of KINS&E.
Latest updates
- 21 October 2026: The Nuclear Challenge was launched at the KINS&E inaugural event, during the BGU Board of Governors meeting.
Prof. Erez Gilad with members of the BGU Board of Governors at the launch of the Nuclear Challenge.
Full details and all updates on the Klein Institute website
One-page overview (PDF, English) | סקירה בעמוד אחד (PDF, עברית)
