Materials testing reactor
A materials test reactor (MTR) is a high power research nuclear reactor.
Examples
Materials testing reactors include:
- The Materials Testing Reactor (MTR), an early reactor that operated in Idaho from 1952-1970.
- Dounreay Materials Testing Reactor, a Dido class reactor in the United Kingdom.
- ETRR-2, at the Nuclear Research Center in Inshas, Egypt.
- Jules Horowitz Reactor, under construction at the Cadarache nuclear facility in southern France.
- Research reactor in Petten, the Netherlands.
- PINSTECH National Laboratory (PNL) in Pakistan.
- Reactor Technology Complex of the Idaho National Laboratory in Idaho, United States.
- RV-1 nuclear reactor in Venezuelan Institute for Scientific Research, Venezuela
- SAFARI-1, outside of Pretoria, South Africa, also used to produce medical isotopes.
- RSG G.A Siwabessy in Serpong, Indonesia.
See also
- List of nuclear reactors
- Nuclear research reactors
External links
- Ne.anl.gov: MTR Reactors designed by the Argonne National Laboratory
- Docs.google.com: Materials Testing Reactor
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