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Research Helps Protect Against Lightning Damage
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This press release reports the efforts of the National Electric Energy Testing Research and Applications Center (NEETRAC). NEETRAC researchers generate artificial lightning to simulate how utilities stand up to the electricity during a real lightning storm. The article explains the goals and significance of the research.
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image credit: NEETRAC, Georgia Institute of Technology, Gary Meek; image source; larger image This resource was a Physics To Go feature from September 1, 2009 until September 16, 2009. View the feature here!


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Keywords: electricity, lightning
Record Creator: Metadata instance created August 31, 2009 by Raina Khatri
Record Updated: Aug 19, 2020 by Lyle Barbato
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when Cataloged:		 February 4, 2009
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Toon, J. (2009, February 4). Research Helps Protect Against Lightning Damage. Retrieved May 22, 2025, from https://www.reliableplant.com/Read/16259/research-helps-protect-against-lightning-damage
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