Because of the ROC's increasing concern over power generation, the College of Nuclear Science has been increasingly conducting research into energy alternatives. The three reactors on campus--Tsing Hua Open-pod Reactor (THOR), Tsing Hua Argonaut Reactor (THAR), and the Mobile Educational Reactor (MER) --are all used for instruction and research purposes.
核分裂反應時，除產生能量之外，也會發出輻射線，可用以製造物質的「同位素」（同位素是指物質經放射性處理後，化學性不變，而放射性增加），原科院葉錫溶院長說：「放射性同位素的優點，是與原物質性能相近，但因具放射性而便於以儀器觀察、偵測。