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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